Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the
That Moab has been destroyed.
King James Version
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Holman Bible
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
International Standard Version
Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
A Conservative Version
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Wail and cry, tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
American Standard Version
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Bible in Basic English
Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.
Darby Translation
Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Julia Smith Translation
Moab was ashamed; for she was broken down: wail, ye, and cry; announce in Arnon that Moab was laid waste,
King James 2000
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell [it] by Arnon that Moab is devastated.
Modern King James verseion
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is stripped.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Moab is confounded and overcome. Mourn and cry, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed.
NET Bible
They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.'
New Heart English Bible
"Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste."
The Emphasized Bible
Confounded is Moab! For it is broken down! Howl and make outcry, - Tell ye in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled;
Webster
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
World English Bible
Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Youngs Literal Translation
Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
Interlinear
Chathath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
19
“O inhabitant of Aroer,
Stand by the road and keep watch!
Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes,
Saying, ‘What has happened?’
“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
Numbers 21:13-14
From there they journeyed on and camped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 21:26-28
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and from the city which is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was no city [whose wall was] too high and too strong for us; the Lord our God handed over everything to us.
Joshua 13:9
from Aroer on the edge of the valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;
Judges 11:18
Then they went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped on the other side of the [river] Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the [northern] boundary of Moab.
Isaiah 15:1-5
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (
Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
Isaiah 15:8
For the cry of distress has echoed around the territory of Moab;
The wailing goes as far as Eglaim and the mournful cry to Beer-elim.
Isaiah 16:7-11
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.
You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,
As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.
Jeremiah 48:1-5
Concerning
“Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of]
Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured;
Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed.