Jeremiah 48 · Verse 4

Jeremiah 48:4

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

Jeremiah 48:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:4 in other translations

BSB	Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
WEB	Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
ASV	Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
YLT	Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
DARBY	Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
BBE	Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.
Webster	Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

What does Jeremiah 48:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

4. little ones ... cry--heightening the distress of the scene. The foe does not spare even infants.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 48:4 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.

נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הnish.be.Rahit will be brokenH7665

מוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvMoabH4124

הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּhish.Mi.'uthey will make heardH8085

זְּעָקָ֖הze.'a.Kaha cry of distressH2201

צְעִירֶֽיהָ\׃tze.'o.rei.haservants itsH6810

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:4

Esther 8:11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Numbers 21:27-30
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Psalms 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moab.This prophecy against Moab, as well as the following ones concerning Ammon, Edom, and the neighbouring countries, seem to have been fulfilled during the long siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. Josephus places these events five years after the destruction of Jerusalem.
Nu 21:27-30
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Es 8:11; Ps 137:9

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Context

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.
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.

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Jeremiah 48:4 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Moab fué quebrantada; hicieron que se oyese el clamor de sus pequeños.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Moab est ruiné, ses petits enfants ont fait entendre un cri;…
German Elberfelder 1871	Moab ist zerschmettert, seine Geringen haben ein lautes Geschrei erhoben.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Contrita est Moab: annuntiate clamorem parvulis ejus.