Jeremiah 48:2

The honor of Moab is no more. Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against her. 1 They said, 'Come and let us destroy her as a nation. Madmen will also perish—a sword will go after you.' 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1To Moab, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 1 “Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been humiliated and captured. 1 Her fortress has been disgraced and crushed. 1

3Listen! A sound of screaming is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 21:26Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab. Sihon had taken all his land from his territory to the Arnon River.

Esther 3:8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and distributed among all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so it is not suitable for the king to let them stay.

Isaiah 15:1A declaration about Moab. 1 Indeed, in one night Ar of Moab is laid waste and destroyed; 1 indeed, in one night Kir of Moab is laid waste and destroyed. 1

Isaiah 16:8The fields of Heshbon have dried up as well as the vines of Sibmah. 1 The rulers of the nations have trampled the choice vines 1 that reached to Jazer and spread into the desert. 1 Its shoots spread abroad; they went over to the sea. 1

Isaiah 25:10For on this mountain the hand of Yahweh will rest; 1 and Moab will be trampled down in his place, even as straw is trampled down in a pit filled with manure. 1

Jeremiah 25:17So I took the cup from Yahweh's hand, and I made all the nations to which Yahweh had sent me drink it:

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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