Jeremiah 48:21

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“Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,”

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BSBPD

“Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain--unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 48:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
  2. Numbers 32:38as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
  3. Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
  4. Joshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
  5. Joshua 21:36From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
  6. Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
  7. Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
  8. Ezekiel 25:9therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
  9. Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

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