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Jeremiah 48:21

in Jeremiah 48

Judgment 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,

This verse in Jeremiah 48

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And 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 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 Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Upon Holon, etc. - All these were cities of the Moabites, but several of them are mentioned in no other place.
Holon - This place apparently took its name from caverns in its neighborhood.

The words behind it

11 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.

  • 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 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

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    Isaiah 15:4

    Heshbon 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,

  • Through

    Joshua 13:18

    Jahaz, 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.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 48:8

    The 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.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

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.