Jeremiah 48:2 - The Scriptures 1998 “There is praise for Mo’aḇ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon [a border town between Reuben and Gad, east of the Jordan River] they planned evil against her, saying, Come, let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O [town of] Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you. American Standard Version (1901) The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee. Common English Bible No one sings Moab’s praise any longer! In Heshbon they are hatching a plot against her: “Come, let’s bring down the nation!” You too, Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. Catholic Public Domain Version There is no longer any rejoicing in Moab over Heshbon. They have devised evil. 'Come and let us destroy it as a nation.' Then you will be utterly silenced, and the sword will pursue you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee. |
But now יהוה has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the esteem of Mo’aḇ
I then took the cup from the hand of יהוה, and made all the nations drink, to whom יהוה had sent me,
“If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares יהוה, “then the seed of Yisra’ĕ
“Have you not observed what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two clans which יהוה has chosen have been rejected by Him’? So they have despised My people, no more to be a nation before them.
“Lament for him, all you who are around him. And all you who know his name, say, ‘How the strong sceptre has been broken, the staff of splendour!’