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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 48:3

The people of Horonaim cry out, ‘Violence! Destruction!'

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!'
Contemporary English Version
The people of Horonaim will cry for help, as their town is attacked and destroyed.
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.
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 This is what the Lord Almighty said about Moab: "Pity the people of Nebo— their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame; 2 the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it. 3 The people of Horonaim cry out, ‘Violence! Destruction!' 4 "Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying. 5 Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim. 6 ‘Quick, run for your lives!' they say. ‘Run like a wild desert donkey!' 7 "Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests. 8 Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the Lord , have spoken. 9 Set up a tombstone for Moab; it will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again." 10 (Curse those who do not do the Lord 's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!)

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
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.
Genesis 28:3
May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!
Genesis 48:6
If you have any more sons, they will not be considered mine; the inheritance they get will come through Ephraim and Manasseh.
Genesis 48:7
I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath." (Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem.)
Genesis 48:9
Joseph answered, "These are my sons, whom God has given me here in Egypt." Jacob said, "Bring them to me so that I may bless them."
Genesis 48:12
Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.
Genesis 48:19
His father refused, saying, "I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."
Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as Almighty God, but I did not make myself known to them by my holy name, the Lord .
Hosea 12:4
he fought against an angel and won. He wept and asked for a blessing. And at Bethel God came to our ancestor Jacob and spoke with him.
Revelation 21:11
and shining with the glory of God. The city shone like a precious stone, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

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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