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Jeremiah 48:5

in Jeremiah 48

For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 48

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another. In the going down of Horonaim ... - Rather, in the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distresses of the cry of breaking, i. e., the cry of distress occasioned by the ruin inflicted by the enemy. It was situated in a hollow, probably near the Dead Sea.

This site's exposition

Against Moab thus saith the Lord

on Jeremiah 48:1-10

The Moab oracle opens with a gazetteer of falling towns, Nebo, Kiriathaim, Heshbon, Horonaim, the weeping going up the ascent of Luhith, and the ground of it is stated at verse 7: because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures. Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests, the national god deported with his staff, which is the ancient Near East's own language for a theology defeated, as the bench notes from the monuments. Verse 10's curse on doing the Lord's work deceitfully, or keeping the sword from blood, is stated as what it is in place, the executioner charged not to soften an appointed judgment; the commentators note how often it is quoted out of this grim setting.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up,.... This is another city, which was built on a high hill, which had a considerable ascent to it, whither those that escaped from Horonaim might flee for safety; but as they went up the hill would weep bitterly, and all the way they went, because of the loss of friends and sustenance, and the danger they themselves were still in.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כִּ֚יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • מַעֲלֵ֣ה[the] ascent of

    maalehH4608 →

  • הַלּוּחִ֔ית<the> Luhith

    haluchotH3872 →

  • בִּבְכִ֖יwith weeping

    bivkhiH1065 →30 times

  • יַֽעֲלֶה־someone will ascend

    yaaleh-H5927 →890 times

  • בֶּ֑כִיweeping

    bekhiH1065 →30 times

  • כִּ֚יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בְּמוֹרַ֣דon [the] descent of

    bemoradH4174 →

  • חוֹרֹנַ֔יִםHoronaim

    choronayimH2773 →5 times

  • צָרֵ֥י[the] distresses of

    tzareiH6862 →109 times

  • צַֽעֲקַת־[the] crys of

    tzaakat-H6818 →21 times

  • שֶׁ֖בֶרdestruction

    sheverH7667 →45 times

  • שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃people will hear

    shameuH8085 →1159 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 4:20

      Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

    • Luke 19:41–44

      As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

    • Jeremiah 48:31–36

      Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

    • 2 Samuel 15:30

      But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up,…

    • Isaiah 16:9–11

      So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 48 →

This page draws on 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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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