Jeremiah 48:4

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

In Context

3Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

5For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:27Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!

Psalms 137:9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:2-14

The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 1 Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little… Read the whole commentary →

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