Jeremiah 48:3

THE MESSAGE

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.

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

¹The Message on Moab from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: "Doom to Nebo! Leveled to the ground! Kiriathaim demeaned and defeated, The mighty fortress reduced to a molehill, Moab's glory—dust and ashes. Conspirators plot Heshbon's doom: ‘Come, let's wipe Moab off the map.' Dungface Dimon will loudly lament, as killing follows killing. Listen! A cry out of Horonaim: ‘Disaster—doom and more doom!' Moab will be shattered. Her cries will be heard clear down in Zoar. Up the ascent of Luhith climbers weep, And down the descent from Horonaim, cries of loss and devastation. Oh, run for your lives! Get out while you can! Survive by your wits in the wild! You trusted in thick walls and big money, yes? But it won't help you now. Your big god Chemosh will be hauled off, his priests and managers with him. A wrecker will wreck every city. Not a city will survive. The valley fields will be ruined, the plateau pastures destroyed, just as I told you. Cover the land of Moab with salt. Make sure nothing ever grows here again. Her towns will all be ghost towns. Nobody will ever live here again. Sloppy work in God 's name is cursed, and cursed all halfhearted use of the sword. ¹¹"Moab has always taken it easy— lazy as a dog in the sun, Never had to work for a living, never faced any trouble, Never had to grow up, never once worked up a sweat. But those days are a thing of the past. I'll put him to work at hard labor. That will wake him up to the world of hard knocks. That will smash his illusions. Moab will be as ashamed of god Chemosh as Israel was ashamed of her Bethel calf-gods, the calf-gods she thought were so great. For how long do you think you'll be saying, ‘We're tough. We can beat anyone anywhere'? The destruction of Moab has already begun. Her choice young soldiers are lying dead right now." The King's Decree— his full name, God -of-the-Angel-Armies. "Yes. Moab's doom is on countdown, disaster targeted and launched. Weep for Moab, friends and neighbors, all who know how famous he's been. Lament, ‘His mighty scepter snapped in two like a toothpick, that magnificent royal staff!'

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, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."

Genesis 28:3
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."

Genesis 48:9
Joseph told his father, "They are my sons whom God gave to me in this place." "Bring them to me," he said, "so I can bless them." Israel's eyesight was poor from old age; he was nearly blind. So Joseph brought them up close. Old Israel kissed and embraced them and then said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has let me see your children as well!"

Genesis 48:12
Joseph took them from Israel's knees and bowed respectfully, his face to the ground. Then Joseph took the two boys, Ephraim with his right hand setting him to Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand setting him to Israel's right, and stood them before him. But Israel crossed his arms and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim who was the younger and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, the firstborn. Then he blessed them: The God before whom walked my fathers Abraham and Isaac, The God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this very day, The Angel who delivered me from every evil, Bless the boys. May my name be echoed in their lives, and the names of Abraham and Isaac, my fathers, And may they grow covering the Earth with their children.

Genesis 48:19
But his father wouldn't do it. He said, "I know, my son; but I know what I'm doing. He also will develop into a people, and he also will be great. But his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will enrich nations." Then he blessed them both: Israel will use your names to give blessings: May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh. In that he made it explicit: he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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."