Jeremiah 48:3

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

Complete Jewish Bible:

An agonized cry from Horonayim, ruin, terrible devastation!

Berean Standard Bible:

A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

American Standard Version:

The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

A voice{H6963} of crying{H6818} shall be from Horonaim{H2773}, spoiling{H7701} and great{H1419} destruction{H7667}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 15:5

  • My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

Jeremiah 48:34

  • From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even] unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto Horonaim, [as] an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 48:5

  • For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 15:2

  • He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.

Jeremiah 47:2

  • Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

Isaiah 15:8

  • For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

Isaiah 16:7

  • Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 48:3

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6963
    There are 436 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קוֹל
    Transliteration: qôwl
    Pronunciation: kole
    Description: or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
  2. Strong's Number: H6818
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צַעֲקָה
    Transliteration: tsaʻăqâh
    Pronunciation: tsah-ak-aw'
    Description: from צָעַק; a shriek; cry(-ing).
  3. Strong's Number: H2773
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹרֹנַיִם
    Transliteration: Chôrônayim
    Pronunciation: kho-ro-nah'-yim
    Description: dual of a derivative from חוֹר; double cave-town; Choronajim, a place in Moab; Horonaim.
  4. Strong's Number: H7701
    There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֹׁד
    Transliteration: shôd
    Pronunciation: shode
    Description: or שׁוֹד; (Job 5:21), from שׁוּד; violence, ravage; desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.
  5. Strong's Number: H1419
    There are 499 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּדוֹל
    Transliteration: gâdôwl
    Pronunciation: gaw-dole'
    Description: or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
  6. Strong's Number: H7667
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֶׁבֶר
    Transliteration: sheber
    Pronunciation: sheh'-ber
    Description: or שֵׁבֶר; from שָׁבַר; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream); affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.