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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.

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ASV

And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

KJV

And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיָבֹ֨אve.ya.Vo'so he may comeH935 →
שֹׁדֵ֜דsho.Deda destroyerH7703 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עִ֗יר'IrcityH5892 →
וְעִיר֙ve.'Irand a cityH5892 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תִמָּלֵ֔טti.ma.Letit will escapeH4422 →
וְאָבַ֥דve.'a.Vadand it will be destroyedH6 →
הָעֵ֖מֶקha.'E.mekthe valleyH6010 →
וְנִשְׁמַ֣דve.nish.Madand it will be destroyedH8045 →
הַמִּישֹׁ֑רha.mi.Shorthe plainH4334 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe has spokenH559 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Jeremiah 6:26O 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 48:21Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.Joshua 13:9The 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,Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.Jeremiah 48:20–25Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.Joshua 13:21all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Ezekiel 25:9therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.Isaiah 16:4Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,Jeremiah 48:12Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.Jeremiah 48:32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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