Jeremiah 48 · Verse 46

Jeremiah 48:46

Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Jeremiah 48:46, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:46 in other translations

BSBWoe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
WEBWoe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
ASVWoe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
YLTWoe to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.
DARBYWoe to thee, Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away in captivity, and thy daughters are captives.
BBESorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.
WebsterWoe be to thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

What does Jeremiah 48:46 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
46. Copied from Nu 21:29.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 46 The people of Chemosh - The Moabites, who worshipped Chemosh as their supreme god.

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 48:46 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.

אוֹי\־'o-woe!H188
לְךָ֣le.Khato <the> you
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvO MoabH4124
אָבַ֖ד'a.Vadit will perishH6
עַם\־'am-[the] people ofH5971
כְּמ֑וֹשׁke.Mo.oshChemoshH3645
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
לֻקְּח֤וּlu.ke.Chuthey will be takenH3947
בָנֶ֙יךָ֙va.Nei.khasons yourH1121
בַּשֶּׁ֔בִיba.She.viin <the> captivityH7628
וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaand daughters yourH1323
בַּשִּׁבְיָֽה\׃ba.shiv.Yahin <the> captivityH7633

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:46

  • Numbers 21:29

    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.

  • Jeremiah 48:7

    For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

  • Judges 11:24

    Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

  • Jeremiah 48:13

    And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth–el their confidence.

  • 1 Kings 11:7

    Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Kings 23:13

    And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Woe.
Nu 21:29
the people.
7,13; Jud 11:24; 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13
captives. Heb. in captivity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 48:45

    They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

  • Jeremiah 48:46

    Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

  • Jeremiah 48:47

    Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

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Jeremiah 48:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¡Ay de ti, Moab! pereció el pueblo de Chêmos: porque tus hijos fueron presos para cautividad, y tus hijas para cautiverio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Malheur à toi, Moab! le peuple de Kemosh est perdu; car tes fils ont été pris captifs, et tes filles, captives.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wehe dir, Moab! verloren ist das Volk des Kamos! denn deine Söhne sind als Gefangene weggeführt, und deine Töchter in die Gefangenschaft. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Væ tibi, Moab: periisti, popule Chamos, quia comprehensi sunt filii tui et filiæ tuæ in captivitatem.