Jeremiah 48:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping bitterly; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For the ascent of Luhith will be climbed [by successive bands of fugitives] with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

Common English Bible

⁵ On the way up to Luhith, there is uncontrollable weeping. On the way down to Horonaim, they hear sobs of anguish.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For, along the ascent of Luhith, the mourner will ascend with weeping. For, on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard the wailing of devastation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For by the ascent of Luith shall the mourner go up with weeping: for in the descent of Oronaim the enemies have heard a howling of destruction.

Jeremiah 48:5 Cross References

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;

Jeremiah 48:3

Listen! A cry goes up from Horonaim: “Desolation and great destruction!”

Jeremiah 48:4

“Moab is destroyed!” her little ones cry out.