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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 48:3

The people of Horonaim will cry for help, as their town is attacked and destroyed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Horonaim;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moabites;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Horonaim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Horonaim;   Kiriathaim;   Pisgah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Horonaim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Horonaim;   Madmen;   Moab, Moabites;   Obadiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Horonaim ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Horona'im;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Horonaim;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A voice cries out from Horonaim,“devastation and a crushing blow!”
Hebrew Names Version
The sound of a cry from Horonayim, desolation and great destruction!
King James Version
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
English Standard Version
"A voice! A cry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!'
New American Standard Bible
"The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!'
New Century Version
Listen to the cries from the town of Horonaim, cries of much confusion and destruction.
Amplified Bible
"The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
World English Bible
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
Geneva Bible (1587)
A voyce of crying shall be from Horonaim with desolation and great destruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,‘Devastation and great destruction!'
Berean Standard Bible
A voice cries out from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!'
Complete Jewish Bible
An agonized cry from Horonayim, ruin, terrible devastation!
Darby Translation
A voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to the cries from Horonaim. They are cries of much confusion and destruction.
George Lamsa Translation
A sound of wailing is heard from Horonaim, plunder and great destruction.
Good News Translation
The people of Horonaim cry out, ‘Violence! Destruction!'
Lexham English Bible
The sound of a cry of distress arises from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.
Literal Translation
a voice of crying from Horonaim, plundering and great ruin!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A voyce shall crie from Horonaim: With greate waistinge and destruction,
American Standard Version
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
Bible in Basic English
There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!
King James Version (1611)
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim; Spoiling & great destruction.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A voyce shall crye from Horonaim: Great wasting and destruction shall come vpon them,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all the Jews that were with him in Massepha, and all the Chaldeans that were found there.
English Revised Version
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A vois of cry fro Oronaym, distriynge, and greet sorewe.
Update Bible Version
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
Webster's Bible Translation
A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.
New English Translation
Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, ‘Oh, the ruin and great destruction!'
New King James Version
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: "Plundering and great destruction!'
New Living Translation
Listen to the cries from Horonaim, cries of devastation and great destruction.
New Life Bible
Listen, the sound of a cry from Horonaim, saying, ‘Laid waste and all destroyed!'
New Revised Standard
Hark! a cry from Horonaim, "Desolation and great destruction!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A voice of outcry, from Horonaim, - Wasting and great destruction!
Douay-Rheims Bible
A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction.
Revised Standard Version
"Hark! a cry from Horona'im, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
Young's Literal Translation
A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!'

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me to say to the nation of Moab: The town of Nebo is doomed; Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced, and even its fortress will be left in ruins. 2 No one honors you, Moab. In Heshbon, enemies make plans to end your life. My sword will leave only silence in your town named "Quiet." 3 The people of Horonaim will cry for help, as their town is attacked and destroyed. 4 Moab will be shattered! Your children will sob 5 and cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they will tell of disasters. 6 Run for your lives! Head into the desert like a wild donkey. 7 You thought you could be saved by your power and wealth, but you will be captured along with your god Chemosh, his priests, and officials. 8 Not one of your towns will escape destruction. I have told your enemies, "Wipe out the valley and the flatlands of Moab. 9 Spread salt on the ground to kill the crops. Leave its towns in ruins, with no one living there. 10 I want you to kill the Moabites, and if you let them escape, I will put a curse on you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

voice: Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 4:21, Jeremiah 47:2, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:8, Isaiah 16:7-11, Isaiah 22:4

Horonaim: Jeremiah 48:5, Jeremiah 48:34, Isaiah 15:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:12 - the cry Jeremiah 18:22 - a cry Jeremiah 20:16 - let him Jeremiah 51:54 - General Joel 1:12 - joy

Cross-References

Genesis 17:1
Abram was ninety-nine years old when the Lord appeared to him again and said, "I am God All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right,
Genesis 28:3
I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation.
Genesis 48:6
Any children you have later will be considered yours, but their inheritance will come from Ephraim and Manasseh.
Genesis 48:7
Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way.
Genesis 48:12
Then Joseph made his sons move away from Jacob's knees, and Joseph bowed down in front of him with his face to the ground.
Genesis 48:19
But his father said, "Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will someday become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations."
Exodus 6:3
But when I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I came as God All-Powerful and did not use my name.
Hosea 12:4
At Bethel, Jacob wrestled with an angel and won; then with tears in his eyes, he asked for a blessing, and God spoke to us there.
Revelation 21:11
The glory of God made the city bright. It was dazzling and crystal clear like a precious jasper stone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim,.... Another city of Moab. The word is of the dual number; and, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, there were two Horons, the upper and the lower; of this place :-; this also should be destroyed; and so a cry of the inhabitants of it should be heard out of it:

spoiling, and great destruction; because the city was spoiled, and a great destruction made in the inhabitants and riches of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Omit shall be. “Spoiling and great destruction,” literally breaking, is the cry heard from Horonaim Isaiah 15:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 48:3. Horonaim — Another city of Moab, near to Luhith. At this latter place the hill country of Moab commenced. "It is a place," says Dahler, "situated upon a height between Areopolis and Zoar."


 
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