Jeremiah 48:34
in Jeremiah 48There 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
KJV
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAs a heifer of three years old - Which runs lowing from place to place in search of her calf, which is lost or taken from her.
This site's exposition
the pride of Moab
on Jeremiah 48:29-39
The indictment is piled in synonyms, his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart, and much of this section speaks in Isaiah 15 and 16's own words, two prophets carrying one burden a century apart, which the commentators set side by side. The strange thing is who weeps: therefore will I howl for Moab, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer, mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, the judge mourning inside his own sentence, and the bench pauses here, because the oracle's compassion is the Lord's own. The vintage fails with none to tread with shouting, every head bald and every beard clipped, and Moab is broken like a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and therefore their grief grew extravagantly loud and noisy, and their lamentations were heard in all placed like the lowing of a heifer of three years old. The expressions here are borrowed from Isa. xv. All their neighbours are called to mourn with them, and to condole with them on their ruin (
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From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,.... Two cities in the land of Moab; of which see Isa 15:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The meaning is that, taking up the lamentation of Heshbon, the Moabites break forth into a wail, heard as far as Elealeh, scarcely two miles distant Num 32:37, but thence spreading over the land to towns on the southern and southwestern borders of the land. An heifer of three years old - Applied in Isa 15:5 to Zoar, but here to Horonaim. Some take “an heifer” as a proper name, and render it: “Eglah for the third part” (compare Isa 19:24). Zoar, Horonaim, and Eglah formed a tripolis, or confederacy of three towns, and Eglah might therefore be put after either one or the other. Nimrim - Probably the Wady-en-Nemeirah at the southeastern end of the Dead Sea.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת | mizaakat | from [the] cry of distress of | H2201 → | 18 times |
| חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן | cheshbon | Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה | ʾelaleh | Elealeh | H500 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יַ֙הַץ֙ | yahatz | Jahaz | H3096 → | |
| נָתְנ֣וּ | natenu | people will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| קוֹלָ֔ם | kolam | voice their | H6963 → | 506 times |
| מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ | mitzoar | from Zoar | H6820 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם | choronayim | Horonaim | H2773 → | 5 times |
| עֶגְלַ֖ת | ʾeglat | Eglath | H5697 → | 14 times |
| שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה | shelishiyah | Shelishiyah | H7992 → | |
| כִּ֚י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| מֵ֣י | mei | [the] waters of | H4325 → | 581 times |
| נִמְרִ֔ים | nimrim | Nimrim | H5249 → | |
| לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת | limshamot | <into> wastes | H4923 → | |
| יִהְיֽוּ׃ | yihyu | they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
מִזַּעֲקַ֨תfrom [the] cry of distress of
mizaakatH2201 →18 times
חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןHeshbon
cheshbonH2809 →38 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
אֶלְעָלֵ֗הElealeh
ʾelalehH500 →
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יַ֙הַץ֙Jahaz
yahatzH3096 →
נָתְנ֣וּpeople will give
natenuH5414 →2011 times
קוֹלָ֔םvoice their
kolamH6963 →506 times
מִצֹּ֙עַר֙from Zoar
mitzoarH6820 →
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִםHoronaim
choronayimH2773 →5 times
עֶגְלַ֖תEglath
ʾeglatH5697 →14 times
שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑הShelishiyah
shelishiyahH7992 →
כִּ֚יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
מֵ֣י[the] waters of
meiH4325 →581 times
נִמְרִ֔יםNimrim
nimrimH5249 →
לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת<into> wastes
limshamotH4923 →
יִהְיֽוּ׃they will become
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
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
Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness…
- Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the…
- Genesis 2:8–10
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in…
- Deuteronomy 34:3
Through
Jeremiah 48:5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
it leads to
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Isaiah 15:5
Through
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
it leads to
- Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
- Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- Isaiah 16:8–9
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.