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They cry out in terror, descending the slope to Horonaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressed cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping; For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith With continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distressed cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on the Ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on the Ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they will tell of disasters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People go up the pass of Luhith, crying bitterly as they go. On the road down to Horonaim they have heard the distressful cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For in the ascent of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, "" Weeping goes up, "" For in the descent of Horonaim "" Adversaries have heard a cry of desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the going up of Luhith weeping shall go up with weeping; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies heard a cry of breaking.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luith shall the mourner go up with weeping: for in the descent of Oronaim the enemies have heard a howling of destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For, along the ascent of Luhith, the mourner will ascend with weeping. For, on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard the wailing of devastation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Up the ascent of Luhith they go weeping; At the descent to Horonaim they hear cries of anguish: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping bitterly; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For at the ascent of Luhith they shall go up weeping: and in the going down of Horonaim they shall raise a cry of tribulation and of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />While weeping at the ascent of Lukhith, they shall go up, and in the descent of Khornim they shall cause suffering and the crying of brokenness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For by the ascent of Luhith With continual weeping shall they go up; For in the going down of Horonaim They have heard the distressing cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-5.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=14245" 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">4</span>Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4608.htm" title="4608: ma·‘ă·lêh (N-msc) -- An ascent. From alah; an elevation, i.e. acclivity or platform; abstractly a rise or priority.">on the ascent</a> <a href="/hebrew/3872.htm" title="3872: hal·lu·ḥōṯ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in Moab. Or Luchowth; from the same as luwach; floored; Luchith, a place East of the Jordan.">to Luhith</a> <a href="/hebrew/1065.htm" title="1065: be·ḵî (N-ms) -- A weeping. From bakah; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping.">they weep</a> <a href="/hebrew/1065.htm" title="1065: biḇ·ḵî (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A weeping. From bakah; a weeping; by analogy, a dripping.">bitterly</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·leh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">as they go,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4174.htm" title="4174: bə·mō·w·raḏ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A descent, slope. From yarad; a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon.">on the descent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2773.htm" title="2773: ḥō·w·rō·na·yim (N-proper-fs) -- Two hollows, a place in Moab. Dual of a derivative from chowr; double cave-town; Choronajim, a place in Moab.">to Horonaim</a> <a href="/hebrew/6818.htm" title="6818: ṣa·‘ă·qaṯ- (N-fsc) -- A cry, outcry. From tsa'aq; a shriek.">cries</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣā·rê (N-mpc) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">of distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mê·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">resound</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: še·ḇer (N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">over the destruction:</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’…<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/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></span><br />My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9</a></span><br />So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Isaiah 16:11</a></span><br />Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Numbers 21:28-30</a></span><br />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. / But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”<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="/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="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-3</a></span><br />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/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a></span><br />Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Lamentations 2:18-19</a></span><br />The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. / Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-21.htm">2 Kings 3:21-27</a></span><br />Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border. / When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way. / “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!” ...<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/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.<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="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-11</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></b></br> My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives <i>shall flee</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Anguished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Ascent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Bitterly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Continual</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Distressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Horonaim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Horona'im</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Luhith</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-21.htm">Road</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-37.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-6.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Anguished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-26.htm">Ascent</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Bitterly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-34.htm">Continual</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-22.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/genesis/41-57.htm">Distressing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-37.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Horonaim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Horona'im</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Luhith</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm">Road</a> <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Weeping</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'; 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The ascent to Luhith suggests a steep climb, indicating the geographical terrain of the area. This ascent is significant as it represents the path of escape for the Moabites during the Babylonian invasion. The mention of Luhith highlights the dire situation faced by the Moabites, as they flee from the advancing enemy forces. The ascent is symbolic of the struggle and hardship faced by those trying to escape judgment.<p><b>they weep bitterly as they go</b><br>The weeping signifies deep sorrow and lamentation, a common response to impending doom and destruction. This phrase captures the emotional turmoil of the Moabites as they face the loss of their homeland and the devastation of their people. The bitter weeping is reminiscent of other biblical instances of lamentation, such as the Israelites' mourning during the Babylonian exile (<a href="/psalms/137.htm">Psalm 137:1</a>). It underscores the theme of divine judgment and the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>and on the descent to Horonaim</b><br>Horonaim is another Moabite city, and the descent suggests a downward journey, possibly into a valley. This geographical detail emphasizes the movement of the Moabites as they flee, highlighting the urgency and desperation of their situation. The descent to Horonaim may also symbolize a spiritual decline, as the Moabites face the consequences of their idolatry and rebellion against God. The mention of both ascent and descent illustrates the comprehensive nature of the calamity befalling Moab.<p><b>cries of distress resound over the destruction</b><br>The cries of distress indicate widespread panic and fear among the Moabites as they witness the destruction of their cities and the collapse of their society. This phrase emphasizes the totality of the devastation, as the cries are not isolated but resound, suggesting that the impact is felt throughout the region. The destruction is a fulfillment of prophetic warnings against Moab, as seen in earlier prophecies (<a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a>). The cries also serve as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the need for repentance, echoing the broader biblical narrative of judgment and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/luhith.htm">Luhith</a></b><br>A location in Moab, mentioned in the context of a path of ascent. It is a place associated with weeping and lamentation due to impending destruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/horonaim.htm">Horonaim</a></b><br>Another location in Moab, mentioned as a place of descent. It is characterized by cries of distress, indicating the severity of the calamity that has befallen Moab.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel, often in conflict with Israel. In this context, Moab is facing judgment and destruction as prophesied by Jeremiah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who conveyed messages of judgment and hope to the nations, including Moab. His prophecies often called for repentance and warned of consequences for sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/destruction.htm">Destruction</a></b><br>The event of judgment upon Moab, symbolized by the weeping and cries of distress. It serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The destruction of Moab serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Sin leads to sorrow and distress, as seen in the weeping and cries of Moab.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy against Moab underscores the certainty of God's judgment. Just as Moab faced destruction, so too will all who persist in sin without repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The lamentation of Moab is a call to repentance for all nations. It is a reminder to turn back to God before facing similar judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_compassion_of_god.htm">The Compassion of God</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's heart is for restoration. The weeping and cries are not just signs of destruction but also an invitation to seek God's mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to convey God's message faithfully, regardless of its popularity. Believers are called to speak truth in love, warning others of the consequences of sin.<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/what_defines_unfeigned_love.htm">What is Zoar's significance in the Bible?</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/how_do_later_mentions_fit_moab's_prophecy.htm">If Jeremiah 48:42 says Moab will cease to be a people, how do later mentions of Moab or its descendants fit with this prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_jeremiah_22_5's_judgment.htm">In Jeremiah 22:5, how can one verify historically or archaeologically that God's promised judgment on the house of David came to pass exactly as stated?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">In the going up of Luhith.</span>--Here again we have an echo from <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>. Jerome (<span class= "ital">Onomast. s.v. Luith</span>) describes it as between Zoar and Areopolis (= Rabbath-Moab). The ascent was probably to a local sanctuary. A various reading, <span class= "ital">Laboth, </span>followed by the LXX., gives the meaning "the ascent of planks," as though it were a wooden staircase. Alike in that and in the descent from Horonaim (possibly the fugitives who came down from the heights of the one city are represented as going up with wailing to the other) the enemies of Moab would hear the cry that proclaimed its downfall.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For in the going up of Luhith,</span> etc. The verse is substantially taken from Isaiah (Isaiah 15:5), but with variations peculiar to this chapter. The most peculiar of these is that in the first verse half, which is literally, <span class="accented">weeping goeth up</span> (not, <span class="accented">shall go up</span>) <span class="accented">with weeping</span>, which is explained by Dr. Payne Smith to mean "one set of weeping fugitives pressing close upon another." To the present commentator (as also to Delitzsch - see his note on Isaiah 15:5) there seems no reasonable doubt that <span class="accented">b'ki</span>, the word rendered "weeping," should rather be <span class="accented">bo</span>, "upon it," so that the passage will run, as in Isaiah, "for the going up of Luhith with weeping doth one go up if," Hitzig (whom for once we find agreeing with Delitzsch) remarks that the miswriting <span class="accented">b'ki</span> for <span class="accented">bo</span> may be easily accounted for by the fact that <span class="accented">ki</span>, "for," is the word which follows next. We have no right to ascribe to Jeremiah such an artificial and un-Hebraic an expression as that of the received text. Small as the matter may be in itself, it is not unimportant as suggesting to the <span class="accented">Old</span> Testament student a caution against the too unreserved adoption of the canon <span class="accented">Lectioni faciliori praestat ardua</span>. <span class="cmt_word">In the going down of Horonaim.</span> An interesting variation from Isaiah. The older poet, less attentive to minutiae, had said vaguely, "in the road to Horonaim;" by a slight change of expression, the younger and more reflective writer produces a striking antithesis between the ascent to the hill-town, and the descent to the hollow in which Horonaim ("double cavern") appears to have been situated. It is possible, however, that Jeremiah has preserved the original reading, and that "the road" in Isaiah, <span class="accented">l.c.</span>, is due to the carelessness of a scribe. <span class="cmt_word">The enemies have heard a cry of destruction.</span> But why this reference to the enemies? The rendering, however, is ungrammatical. The text is, literally, <span class="accented">the enemies of the cry of destruction have they heard.</span> The prophecy in Isaiah omits "the enemies of," and has a different verb for "have they heard." Can the inserted words be an intrusion from the margin? The later scribes were accustomed to insert glosses in the margin on occasions where we should have thought them entirely unnecessary for the purpose of explanation. But then why "the enemies of"? It is an insoluble enigma. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-5.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the Ascent</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲלֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·lêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4608.htm">Strong's 4608: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, acclivity, platform, a rise, priority</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Luhith</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלּוּחִ֔ית‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lū·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3872.htm">Strong's 3872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Luhith -- a place in Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they weep</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּ֑כִי</span> <span class="translit">(be·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1065.htm">Strong's 1065: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weeping, a dripping</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bitterly</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּבְכִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(biḇ·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1065.htm">Strong's 1065: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weeping, a dripping</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as they go,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַֽעֲלֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·leh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the descent</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמוֹרַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·w·raḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4174.htm">Strong's 4174: </a> </span><span class="str2">A descent, an ornamental appendage, a festoon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Horonaim</span><br /><span class="heb">חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·w·rō·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2773.htm">Strong's 2773: </a> </span><span class="str2">Horonaim -- 'two hollows', a place in Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cries</span><br /><span class="heb">צַֽעֲקַת־</span> <span class="translit">(ṣa·‘ă·qaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6818.htm">Strong's 6818: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cry, outcry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of distress</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">resound</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mê·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over the destruction:</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֖בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:6" /></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>