Jeremiah 48:19
in Jeremiah 48Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?
KJV
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Aroer - On the Arnon, due south of Dibon. If Dibon falls, the turn of Aroer will come next, and therefore its inhabitants are to be on the look out, asking for news.
This site's exposition
Come down from your glory
on Jeremiah 48:18-28
Dibon is told, “Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground.” “The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken.” The cause is given in verse 26, “he has magnified himself against the LORD,” and verse 27 recalls Moab’s ridicule of Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when they are told that all is gone, that the invader is the conqueror, they will howl and cry, in bitterness and anguish of spirit (
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O inhabitant of Aroer,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Aroer--on the north bank of the Arnon, a city of Ammon (De 2:36; As it was on "the way" of the Moabites who fled into the desert, its inhabitants "ask" what is the occasion of Moab's flight, and so learn the lot that awaits themselves (compare 1Sa 4:13, 16).
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O inhabitant of Aroer - See the note on Jer 48:6 (note). This place, being at a greater distance, is counselled to watch for its own safety, and inquire of every passenger, What is done? that it may know when to pack up and be gone.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דֶּ֛רֶךְ | derekh | [the] road | H1870 → | 707 times |
| עִמְדִ֥י | ʾimdi | stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| וְצַפִּ֖י | vetzapi | and watch | H6822 → | |
| יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת | yoshevet | O inhabitant[s] of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עֲרוֹעֵ֑ר | aroer | Aroer | H6177 → | |
| שַׁאֲלִי־ | shaali- | ask | H7592 → | 171 times |
| נָ֣ס | nas | [a man who] flees | H5127 → | 159 times |
| וְנִמְלָ֔טָה | venimlatah | and [a woman who] escapes | H4422 → | 95 times |
| אִמְרִ֖י | ʾimri | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| נִּֽהְיָֽתָה׃ | nihyatah | has it happened | H1961 → | 3559 times |
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דֶּ֛רֶךְ[the] road
derekhH1870 →707 times
עִמְדִ֥יstand
ʾimdiH5975 →521 times
וְצַפִּ֖יand watch
vetzapiH6822 →
יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתO inhabitant[s] of
yoshevetH3427 →1079 times
עֲרוֹעֵ֑רAroer
aroerH6177 →
שַׁאֲלִי־ask
shaali-H7592 →171 times
נָ֣ס[a man who] flees
nasH5127 →159 times
וְנִמְלָ֔טָהand [a woman who] escapes
venimlatahH4422 →95 times
אִמְרִ֖יsay
ʾimriH559 →5305 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
נִּֽהְיָֽתָה׃has it happened
nihyatahH1961 →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
Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
it leads to
- Joshua 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 3:12
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with…
- Deuteronomy 4:48
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Joshua 13:9
Through
2 Samuel 24:5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
- Joshua 13:16
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- Numbers 21:32
After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Deuteronomy 2:36
Through
1 Samuel 4:16“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:4
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
- 2 Samuel 1:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
