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Her little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have made a cry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry <i>of distress.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry <i>of distress.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Moab is broken; Her little ones have made <i>their</i> cry <i>of distress</i> heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry <i>of distress</i> [to be heard as far as Zoar].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moab will be shattered! Your children will sob <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Moab will be broken. Its little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moab will be destroyed; her little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Moab has been destroyed, "" Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Moab was broken; her youths caused a cry to be heard.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed: proclaim a cry for her little ones. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Moab has been crushed. Announce an outcry for her little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Moab is crushed!” their outcry is heard in Zoar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Moab is destroyed!” her little ones cry out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; her poor people have published her lamentation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Moab was defeated and her poor ones made an outcry heard!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Moab is ruined, proclaim <i>it</i> to Zogora:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14240" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">The Judgment on Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: hiš·mî·‘ū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: niš·bə·rāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">will be shattered;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6810.htm" title="6810: ṣə·ʿō·rɛ·hå̄ (Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Little, insignificant, young. Or tsanowr; from tsa'ar; little; few; young, ignoble.">her little</a> <a href="/hebrew/2201.htm" title="2201: zə·‘ā·qāh (N-fs) -- A cry, outcry. And zoaqah; from za'aq; a shriek or outcry.">ones will cry out.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a></span><br />This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6-11</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty. / Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken. / For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-11</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27-30</a></span><br />That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. / For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. / Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a></span><br />And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-8.htm">Psalm 60:8</a></span><br />Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10-12</a></span><br />For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. / He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. / The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-8</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Jeremiah 9:25-26</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— / Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-21.htm">Jeremiah 25:21</a></span><br />Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Jeremiah 49:1-6</a></span><br />Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities? / Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD. / Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Lamentations 1:15</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-27.htm">Numbers 21:27</a></b></br> Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:</p><p class="hdg">her</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/8-11.htm">Esther 8:11</a></b></br> Wherein the king granted the Jews which <i>were</i> 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, <i>both</i> little ones and women, and <i>to take</i> the spoil of them for a prey,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/137-9.htm">Psalm 137:9</a></b></br> Happy <i>shall he be</i>, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-12.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-7.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Little</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-2.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Sounded</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Zoar</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Zo'ar</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-17.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-8.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-24.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-15.htm">Little</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Sounded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Zoar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Zo'ar</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">for their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">for their carnal confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">and for their contempt of God and his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">The restoration of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Moab will be shattered;</b><br>Moab, a nation descended from Lot, often found itself in conflict with Israel. The prophecy of Moab's destruction is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, reflecting its historical enmity with Israel. The term "shattered" indicates a complete and devastating defeat, aligning with other prophecies against Moab found in <a href="/isaiah/15.htm">Isaiah 15-16</a> and <a href="/amos/2.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a>. This judgment is part of a broader divine retribution against nations that opposed God's people. Archaeological evidence, such as the Mesha Stele, provides insight into Moab's historical context and its interactions with Israel. The shattering of Moab can also be seen as a type of the ultimate judgment against all nations that oppose God's kingdom.<p><b>her little ones will cry out.</b><br>The phrase "her little ones" likely refers to the children of Moab, symbolizing the nation's vulnerability and the widespread impact of its downfall. The crying out of the little ones underscores the depth of the calamity, affecting even the most innocent and defenseless. This imagery is reminiscent of the lamentations found in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11</a>, where the suffering of children highlights the severity of divine judgment. The crying out can also be seen as a call for mercy, reflecting the broader biblical theme of God's compassion for the innocent amidst judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>An ancient kingdom located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel. Moab is frequently mentioned in the Bible as a nation that turned away from God and faced His judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and judgment to the nations, including Israel and its neighbors like Moab.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_little_ones.htm">The Little Ones</a></b><br>This phrase likely refers to the vulnerable and innocent members of Moabite society, such as children, who will suffer as a result of the nation's downfall.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shattering_of_moab.htm">The Shattering of Moab</a></b><br>This event symbolizes the complete destruction and judgment that God pronounces upon Moab due to their pride and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Moab's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy against Moab demonstrates God's control over all nations and His ability to execute judgment according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_the_innocent.htm">The Impact of Sin on the Innocent</a></b><br>The mention of "little ones" crying out reminds us that sin and judgment often have far-reaching effects, impacting even those who seem innocent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Moab was given warnings, we are called to heed God's Word and turn from sin to avoid judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While the judgment is severe, it assures us that God is just and will not let sin go unpunished.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._48_11_conflict_with_moab's_history.htm">Does Jeremiah 48:11 conflict with historical accounts that suggest Moab did not always remain complacent or at peace?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_moab_survive_jeremiah_48_8-9.htm">How can the prophecy in Jeremiah 48:8-9 of Moab's total destruction be reconciled with archaeological evidence suggesting Moabite cities outlasted this period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_jeremiah's_global_impact.htm">Jeremiah 1:10 - Why is there no clear historical record of Jeremiah achieving the massive global influence implied in this verse?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Her little ones.</span>--The Hebrew adjective is the same as the Zoar, the little one, of <a href="/genesis/19-20.htm" title="Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.">Genesis 19:20</a>, and that city may probably have been, as in <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm" title="My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to 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.">Isaiah 15:5</a>, in the prophet's mind. In any case the "little ones" are cities, and not children.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Moab is destroyed.</span> The mention of Moab in the midst of towns is certainly surprising. We should expect Ar-Moab. <span class="cmt_word">Her little ones</span>. The received text, as it stands, is untranslatable, and our choice lies between the correction suggested by the vowel points, and the reading of the Septuagint and a few of the extant Hebrew manuscripts, "unto Zoar." In favour of the latter, which is adopted by Ewald and Graf, it may he urged that Zoar and Horenaim are mentioned together, not only in ver. 34, but also in <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a>, which has evidently been imitated in the following verse. It is not quite clear what "her little ones" in the first mentioned correction mean. Some think, the children; others, the poor; Hitzig prefers the small towns of Moab. On the site of "Zoar," see Smith's 'Dictionary of the Bible,' but compare Canon Tristram in 'The Land of Moab.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be shattered;</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(niš·bə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her little</span><br /><span class="heb">צְעִירֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·‘î·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6810.htm">Strong's 6810: </a> </span><span class="str2">Little, insignificant, young</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ones will cry out.</span><br /><span class="heb">זְּעָקָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(zə·‘ā·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2201.htm">Strong's 2201: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shriek, outcry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Jeremiah 48:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:4 Moab is destroyed (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>