Jeremiah 48 · Verse 3

Jeremiah 48:3

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:3, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:3 in other translations

BSBA voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
WEBThe sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
ASVThe sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
YLTA voice of a cry is from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.
DARBYA voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!
BBEThere is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;
WebsterA voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.

What does Jeremiah 48:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Horonaim--the same as the city Avara, mentioned by Ptolemy. The word means "double caves" (Ne 2:10; Is 15:5).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Horonaim - Another city of Moab, near to Luhith. At this latter place the hill country of Moab commenced. "It is a place," says Dahler, "situated upon a height between Areopolis and Zoar."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:1-13

Prophecies against Moab for pride and security. (Jr 48:1-13) For carnal confidence and contempt of God. (Jr 48:14-47) Verses 1-13 . The Chaldeans are to destroy the Moabites. We should be thankful that we are required to seek the salvation of men's lives, and the salvation of their souls, not to shed their blood; but we shall be the more without excuse if we do this pleasant work deceitfully. The cities shall be…

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Jeremiah 48:3 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.

ק֥וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
צְעָקָ֖הtze.'a.Kaha cry of distressH6818
מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִםme.cho.ro.Na.yimfrom HoronaimH2773
שֹׁ֖דshoddevastationH7701
וָשֶׁ֥בֶרva.She.verand destructionH7667
גָּדֽוֹל\׃ga.DolgreatH1419

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:3

  • 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 15:8

    For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.

  • Jeremiah 4:20-21

    Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

  • Isaiah 22:4

    Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

  • 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 16:7-11

    Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. …

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
voice.
4:20,21; 47:2; Isa 15:2,8; 16:7-11; 22:4
Horonaim.
5,34; Isa 15:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:2

    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.

  • Jeremiah 48:3

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

  • Jeremiah 48:4

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

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Jeremiah 48:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¡Voz de clamor de Horonaim, destrucción y gran quebrantamiento!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La voix d’un cri qui vient de Horonaïm! Dévastation et grande ruine!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Horch! ein Geschrei aus Horonaim: Verheerung und große Zertrümmerung!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vox clamoris de Oronaim, vastitas et contritio magna.