Jeremiah 48:4

Broken down is Moab: her little ones send forth a cry of distress.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3There is a voice of crying from Choronayim, destruction and a great breach.

5For the ascent of Luchith is ascended with weeping and tears; for on the descent of Choronayim the enemies have heard the cry of destruction.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:27Therefore said the poets, Come into Cheshbon, let the city of Sichon be built and established.

Psalms 137:9Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes 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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