Jeremiah 48 · Verse 25

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:25, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:25 in other translations

BSBThe horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
WEBThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says the LORD.
ASVThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
YLTCut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DARBYThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
BBEThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.
WebsterThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

What does Jeremiah 48:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. horn--the emblem of strength and sovereignty: it is the horned animal's means of offense and defense (Psa 75:5, 10; La 2:3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken - His political and physical powers are no more.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47

. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of…

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Jeremiah 48:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נִגְדְּעָה֙nig.de.'Ahit will be cut offH1438
קֶ֣רֶןKe.ren[the] horn ofH7161
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
וּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'Oand arm itsH2220
נִשְׁבָּ֑רָהnish.Ba.rahit will be brokenH7665
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:25

  • Psalms 75:10

    All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

  • Psalms 10:15

    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

  • Zechariah 1:19-21

    And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the Lord shewed me four carpenters. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Daniel 8:21

    And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

  • Lamentations 2:3

    He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

  • Ezekiel 30:21-25

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. …

  • Daniel 8:7-9

    And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

  • Numbers 32:37

    And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

  • Daniel 7:8

    I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Psalms 37:17

    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
horn.
Ps 75:10; La 2:3; Da 7:8; 8:7-9,21; Zec 1:19-21
and his.
Nu 32:37; Job 22:9; Ps 10:15; 37:17; Eze 30:21-25

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:24

    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

  • Jeremiah 48:25

    The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 48:26

    Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

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Jeremiah 48:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cortado es el cuerno de Moab, y su brazo quebrantado, dice Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La corne de Moab est coupée, et son bras est cassé, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Horn Moabs ist abgehauen, und sein Arm ist zerschmettert, spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abscissum est cornu Moab, et brachium ejus contritum est, ait Dominus.