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A cry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />A voice of crying <i>shall be</i> from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A voice of crying <i>shall be</i> from Horonaim: ‘Plundering and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, &#8216Devastation and great destruction!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A voice cries out from Horonaim, “devastation and a crushing blow! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A voice cries out from Horonaim, &#8220devastation and great disaster!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people of Horonaim will cry for help, as their town is attacked and destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sound of a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People will cry out from Horonaim, "Looting and great destruction!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The sound of crying will come from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />A voice cries out from Horonaim: ?Devastation and great destruction!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, 'Oh, the ruin and great destruction!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sound of a cry from Horonaim, "destruction and great calamity."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, "" Spoiling and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A voice of a cry is from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A voice of a cry from Horonaim, laying waste, and great breaking.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />A voice of clamor from Horonaim: devastation and great destruction!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Listen! an outcry from Horonaim, “Ruin and great destruction!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Hark! a cry from Horonaim, “Desolation and great destruction!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />A sound of wailing is heard from Horonaim, plunder and great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sound of wailing from Khornim, plunder and great ruin!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Hark! a cry from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />for <i>there is</i> a voice of <i>men</i> crying out of Oronaim, destruction and great ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-3.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=14234" 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">2</span>There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">A voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/6818.htm" title="6818: ṣə·‘ā·qāh (N-fs) -- A cry, outcry. From tsa'aq; a shriek.">cries out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2773.htm" title="2773: mê·ḥō·rō·w·nā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Two hollows, a place in Moab. Dual of a derivative from chowr; double cave-town; Choronajim, a place in Moab.">from Horonaim:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7701.htm" title="7701: šōḏ (N-ms) -- Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin. Or showd; from shuwd; violence, ravage.">‘Devastation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">and great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: wā·še·ḇer (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">destruction!’</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.…<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11-12</a></span><br />My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. / They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2-3</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-10</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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-3</a></span><br />After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! / For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” / And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.</p><p class="hdg">voice</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20,21</a></b></br> Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/47-2.htm">Jeremiah 47:2</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2,8</a></b></br> 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 <i>shall be</i> baldness, <i>and</i> every beard cut off… </p><p class="hdg">Horonaim</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5,34</a></b></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… </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/46-12.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Hark</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Havoc</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Horonaim</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Horona'im</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Spoiling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Wasting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-47.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-22.htm">Hark</a> <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Havoc</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Horonaim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Horona'im</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Spoiling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-47.htm">Wasting</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 city is located in the southern part of Moab, possibly near the Arnon River. The mention of a "voice" suggests a proclamation or warning, indicating the seriousness of the impending judgment. This aligns with the prophetic tradition where God often uses voices to announce His decrees (<a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Isaiah 40:3</a>). The cry from Horonaim signifies the widespread impact of the coming destruction, affecting even distant cities.<p><b>‘Devastation and great destruction!’</b><br>The terms "devastation" and "great destruction" emphasize the severity of the judgment pronounced upon Moab. This reflects the fulfillment of God's warnings through His prophets, as seen in other instances of divine judgment (<a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a>, <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>). The destruction is not just physical but also symbolic of the spiritual downfall due to Moab's pride and idolatry. This phrase echoes the broader biblical theme of God's justice against nations that oppose His will, serving as a reminder of the ultimate judgment to come. The devastation can also be seen as a type of the final judgment, where all nations will be held accountable before God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah and surrounding nations, including Moab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel, often in conflict with Israel. Moab is the subject of God's judgment in this chapter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/horonaim.htm">Horonaim</a></b><br>A city in Moab mentioned in the context of destruction and lamentation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/voice.htm">Voice</a></b><br>Represents the cry of distress and warning coming from the city of Horonaim.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/devastation_and_destruction.htm">Devastation and Destruction</a></b><br>The impending judgment and calamity that God is pronouncing upon Moab through the prophet Jeremiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's pronouncements through His prophets are certain and will come to pass. The devastation of Moab serves as a reminder of the seriousness of God's warnings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_sin.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Sin</a></b><br>Moab's destruction is a result of their pride and sin. This serves as a warning to individuals and nations about the dangers of arrogance and disobedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah are God's messengers, tasked with delivering difficult truths. Their role is crucial in calling people to repentance and warning of impending judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>While the message is one of destruction, it also implicitly calls for repentance. Recognizing the voice of warning should lead to a change of heart and turning back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">The Universality of God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's judgment on Moab, a nation outside of Israel, demonstrates His sovereignty over all nations. His moral standards and justice apply universally.<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/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/is_there_evidence_of_kemosh's_captivity.htm">Jeremiah 48:7 references Moab's deity Kemosh going into captivity; is there any historical or biblical corroboration of this event?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_3_25-26__align_with_judah's_history.htm">Isaiah 3:25-26: How do the predicted devastations align (or conflict) with known historical or archaeological data on warfare and destruction in ancient Judah?</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>(3) <span class= "bld">Horonaim</span>--literally, <span class= "ital">the two caverns, </span>or the two Horons--may imply, like other dual names of towns, that there was an upper and a lower city. It is mentioned 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>, but has not been identified.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Horonaim</span>. This Moabite town was probably on the borders of Edom; hence, perhaps, "Sanballat the Horonite." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-3.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">A voice</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cries out</span><br /><span class="heb">צְעָקָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·‘ā·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<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">from Horonaim,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥō·rō·w·nā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | 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">‘Devastation</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(šōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7701.htm">Strong's 7701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and great</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destruction!’</span><br /><span class="heb">וָשֶׁ֥בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(wā·še·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-3.htm">Jeremiah 48:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:4" /></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>