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Jeremiah 48:2-4
Expanded Bible
Jeremiah 48:2-4
Expanded Bible
2 Moab will not be praised again.
Men in the town of Heshbon plan ·Moab’s defeat [L its disaster].
They say, ‘Come, let us ·put an end to [L cut off] that nation!’
Town of Madmen you will also be silenced.
The sword will ·chase [L come after] you.
3 Listen to the cries from the town of Horonaim,
·cries of much confusion and destruction [L desolation and great fracture].
4 Moab will be broken up.
·Her little children will cry for help [or Their cries are heard as far as Zoar].
Jeremiah 48:2-4
New International Version
Jeremiah 48:2-4
New International Version
2 Moab will be praised(A) no more;
in Heshbon[a](B) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(C)
You, the people of Madmen,[b] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(D)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
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