Jeremiah 48:21
in Jeremiah 48Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
KJV
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd judgment is come upon the plain country,.... Of Moab, which was for the most part such, especially that which lay near Arnon; the judgment of God's vengeance, punishment for sin, by the hand of the Chaldeans. The Targum is, "they that execute vengeance are come:'' upon Holon; a city of Moab; of which see Jos 15:51; it had its name perhaps from the sandy ground on which it stood.
This site's exposition
come down from thy glory
on Jeremiah 48:18-28
Dibon is told to come down from glory and sit in thirst, Aroer to stand by the road and ask the fugitives what is done, and then the catalogue runs the plain country town by town, Holon, Jahazah, Mephaath, Dibon, Nebo, and the rest, judgment given as an itinerary. The horn cut off and the arm broken state the end in the body's own emblems of strength. The ground returns at verse 26, he magnified himself against the Lord, with verse 27's question, was not Israel a derision unto thee?, the mockery of the exiles' calamity now answered in kind, and the counsel to dwell in the rock like the dove nesting at the hole's mouth is the oracle's one mercy in this stretch.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Upon Holon, etc. - All these were cities of the Moabites, but several of them are mentioned in no other place.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Holon - This place apparently took its name from caverns in its neighborhood.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט | umishpat | and judgment | H4941 → | 422 times |
| בָּ֖א | ba' | it will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר | hamishor | the plain | H4334 → | 23 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֹל֥וֹן | cholon | Holon | H2473 → | |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יַ֖הְצָה | yahtzah | Jahaz <towards> | H3096 → | |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מֵיפָֽעַת׃ | mofaat | Mephaath | H4158 → |
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טand judgment
umishpatH4941 →422 times
בָּ֖אit will come
ba'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
הַמִּישֹׁ֑רthe plain
hamishorH4334 →23 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֹל֥וֹןHolon
cholonH2473 →
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
יַ֖הְצָהJahaz <towards>
yahtzahH3096 →
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
מֵיפָֽעַת׃Mephaath
mofaatH4158 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass 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.
it leads to
- Judges 11:20
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 29:7–8
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Judges 11:20
Through
Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 19:4
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life,…
- Numbers 32:3–4
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Jeremiah 48:34
Through
Joshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
it leads to
- Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not let Israel pass 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.
- Numbers 21:23
Through
Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 6:26
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
