Jeremiah 48:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.”
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“Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,”
King James Version · Public Domain“Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 48:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 21:13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:26Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Joshua 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- Judges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Isaiah 15:8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
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