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Jeremiah 48:4
Moab will be destroyed. Her little children will cry for help.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Moab will be shattered;her little ones will cry out.
Moab will be shattered;her little ones will cry out.
Hebrew Names Version
Mo'av is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Mo'av is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
King James Version
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
English Standard Version
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have made a cry.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have made a cry.
New American Standard Bible
"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
New Century Version
Moab will be broken up. Her little children will cry for help.
Moab will be broken up. Her little children will cry for help.
Amplified Bible
"Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].
"Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].
World English Bible
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Moab is destroyed: her litle ones haue caused their crie to be heard.
Moab is destroyed: her litle ones haue caused their crie to be heard.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moab is broken;Her little ones have made their cry of distress heard.
Moab is broken;Her little ones have made their cry of distress heard.
Berean Standard Bible
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Contemporary English Version
Moab will be shattered! Your children will sob
Moab will be shattered! Your children will sob
Complete Jewish Bible
Mo'av has been shattered; the cries of her young ones are heard,
Mo'av has been shattered; the cries of her young ones are heard,
Darby Translation
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
George Lamsa Translation
Moab is destroyed; her poor people have published her lamentation.
Moab is destroyed; her poor people have published her lamentation.
Good News Translation
"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.
"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.
Lexham English Bible
Moab is broken, her little ones make heard a cry for help.
Moab is broken, her little ones make heard a cry for help.
Literal Translation
Moab is broken up; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is broken up; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
is Moab made desolate. And this crie shalbe herde in all hir cities.
is Moab made desolate. And this crie shalbe herde in all hir cities.
American Standard Version
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Bible in Basic English
Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.
Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
King James Version (1611)
Moab is destroyed, her little ones haue caused a crie to be heard.
Moab is destroyed, her little ones haue caused a crie to be heard.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moab is made desolate, her litle ones haue cryed out.
Moab is made desolate, her litle ones haue cryed out.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass on the second day after he had smitten Godolias, and no man knew of it,
And it came to pass on the second day after he had smitten Godolias, and no man knew of it,
English Revised Version
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Moab is defoulid, telle ye cry to litil children therof.
Moab is defoulid, telle ye cry to litil children therof.
Update Bible Version
Moab is destroyed; They caused a cry to be heard as far as Zoar.
Moab is destroyed; They caused a cry to be heard as far as Zoar.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
New English Translation
"Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.
"Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.
New King James Version
"Moab is destroyed;Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard; [fn]
"Moab is destroyed;Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard; [fn]
New Living Translation
All Moab is destroyed. Her little ones will cry out.
All Moab is destroyed. Her little ones will cry out.
New Life Bible
Moab is destroyed. The cry of her little ones is heard.
Moab is destroyed. The cry of her little ones is heard.
New Revised Standard
"Moab is destroyed!" her little ones cry out.
"Moab is destroyed!" her little ones cry out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moab is broken: Her little ones, have caused to be heard an outcry.
Moab is broken: Her little ones, have caused to be heard an outcry.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moab is destroyed: proclaim a cry for her little ones.
Moab is destroyed: proclaim a cry for her little ones.
Revised Standard Version
Moab is destroyed; a cry is heard as far as Zo'ar.
Moab is destroyed; a cry is heard as far as Zo'ar.
Young's Literal Translation
Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
Contextual Overview
1 This message is about the country of Moab. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: "It will be bad for Mount Nebo. Mount Nebo will be ruined. The town of Kiriathaim will be humbled. It will be captured. The strong place will be humbled. It will be shattered. 2 Moab will not be praised again. Men in Heshbon will plan Moab's defeat. They will say, ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.' Madmenah, you will also be silenced. The sword will chase you. 3 Listen to the cries from Horonaim. They are cries of much confusion and destruction. 4 Moab will be destroyed. Her little children will cry for help. 5 Moab's people go up the path to Luhith. They are crying bitterly as they go. On the road down to the town of Horonaim, cries of pain and suffering can be heard. 6 Run away! Run for your lives! Run away like a weed blowing through the desert. 7 "You trust in the things you made and in your wealth, so you will be captured. The god Chemosh will be taken into captivity, and his priests and officials will be taken with him. 8 The Destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The valley will be ruined. The high plain will be destroyed. The Lord said this would happen, so it will happen. 9 Spread salt over the fields in Moab. The country will be an empty desert. Moab's towns will become empty. No one will live in them. 10 Bad things will happen to those who don't obey the Lord and don't use their swords to kill those people.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Moab: This prophecy against Moab, as well as the following ones concerning Ammon, Edom, and the neighbouring countries, seem to have been fulfilled during the long siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. Josephus places these events five years after the destruction of Jerusalem. Numbers 21:27-30
her: Esther 8:11, Psalms 137:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 10:7 - that Egypt Jeremiah 20:16 - let him Jeremiah 48:15 - gone
Cross-References
Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God."
And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God."
Genesis 17:13
So every baby boy in your nation will be circumcised. Every boy who is born from your family or bought as a slave will be circumcised.
So every baby boy in your nation will be circumcised. Every boy who is born from your family or bought as a slave will be circumcised.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.
Genesis 26:4
I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven, and I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants every nation on earth will be blessed.
I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven, and I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants every nation on earth will be blessed.
Genesis 28:3
I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation
I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation
Genesis 32:12
Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.'"
Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.'"
Genesis 35:11
God said to him, "I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.
God said to him, "I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.
Genesis 46:3
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation.
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. In Egypt I will make you a great nation.
Genesis 47:27
Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.
Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moab is destroyed,.... Either the whole nation in general; so the Targum,
"the kingdom of Moab is broken;''
and so Abarbinel; or a city so called, which some take to be the city Areopolis. Jerom g says, that Moab is a city of Arabia, now called Areopolis; and which also has the name of Rabbathmoab, or "grand Moab";
her little ones have caused a cry to be heard; seeing their parents killed, and they left desolate, and in the hands of the enemy; and not only so, but just going to be dashed in pieces by them. The Targum interprets it, her governors; and so Jarchi, who thinks they are so called, because they are lesser than kings. Kimchi and Ben Melech suggest, that these are called so by way of contempt. The word "tzeir" signifies both "little" and "great", as the learned Pocock h has abundantly proved.
g De locis Heb. fol. 87. H. & 93. B. h Not. Miscell. in Port. Mosis, p. 17, 18.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moab - Probably the city elsewhere called Ar-Moab. See the Septuagint of this verse.
