For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; the wailing reaches to Eglaim; the wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
Jeremiah 48:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down; wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon that Moab is laid waste. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moab is put to shame, for she is broken down. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon that Moab is laid waste (destroyed). American Standard Version (1901) Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Common English Bible Moab is shamed and shocked; weep and wail! Tell it by the Arnon River: Moab’s been destroyed! Catholic Public Domain Version Moab has been confounded, because he has been conquered. Wail and cry out! Announce it in Arnon: Moab has been devastated, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown. Howl ye and cry: tell ye it in Amen, that Moab is wasted. |
For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; the wailing reaches to Eglaim; the wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
From Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon (including the town that is in the wadi itself) as far as Gilead, there was no citadel too high for us. The Lord our God gave everything to us.
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland from Medeba as far as Dibon;
Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.