Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.
Jeremiah 48:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Judgement has come to the land of the plateau #– #to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Judgment has come upon the land of the plain–upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath, American Standard Version (1901) And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath, Common English Bible Judgment has come to the towns of the plateau— to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, Catholic Public Domain Version and judgment has arrived upon the land of the plains: upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And judgment is come upon the plain country: upon Helon and upon Jasa and upon Mephaath. |
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.
‘There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they make their voices heard as far as Jahaz #– #from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah #– #because even the Waters of Nimrim have become desolate.
The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the Lord has said.
Therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank, beginning with its frontier cities, the splendour of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
Therefore, as I live – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel – Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.
But Sihon would not let Israel travel 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.
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
with Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau #– #Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,