Jeremiah 48:34

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cry	מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת mi.za.'a.Kat	H2201	a shriek or outcry · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Heshbon	חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן chesh.Bon	H2809	Cheshbon · proper noun, a place name
Elealeh	אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה 'el.'a.Leh	H500	Elale or Elaleh · proper noun, a place name
Jahaz	יַ֙הַץ֙ ya.hatz	H3096	Jahats or Jahtsah · proper noun, a place name
uttered	נָתְנ֣וּ na.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
voice	קוֹלָ֔ם ko.Lam	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Zoar	מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ mi.Tzo.'ar	H6820	Tsoar · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Horonaim	חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם cho.ro.Na.yim	H2773	Choronajim · proper noun, a place name
heifer	עֶגְלַ֖ת 'eg.Lat	H5697	a (female) calf · proper noun, a place name
old	שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה she.li.shi.Yah	H7992	third · proper noun, a place name
waters	מֵ֣י mei	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural construct
Nimrim	נִמְרִ֔ים nim.Rim	H5249	Nimrim · proper noun, a place name
desolate	לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת lim.sha.Mot	H4923	a waste or amazement · preposition + noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 15:4-6 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life…
Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Go…
Numbers 32:36-37 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Deuteronomy 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Jeremiah 48:2-3 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also t…
Jeremiah 48:5 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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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it, but to affect us with the calamitous state of human life, which is liable to such lamentable occurrences, and with the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, when he comes forth to contend with a provoking people. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and meditating on the terror of them, it will be of more use to us to keep this in our eye, and to get our…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:34

From the cry of Heshbon, &c.--Those who fly from Heshbon on its capture shall continue the cry even as far as Elealeh . . . . There will be continued cries in all quarters, from one end to the other, everywhere slaughter and wasting. as an heifer of three years old--Moab heretofore not having known foreign yoke, and in its full strength, is compared to an heifer of three years old, never yet yoked, nor as yet worn out with many birth-givings (compare Note, see on Isa 15:5). waters . . . of Nimrim--that is, the well-watered and therefore luxuriant pastures of Nimrim. desolate--The Hebrew is stronger: not merely shall be "desolate," but desolation itself multiplied: plural, "desolations.…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 48:34

From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,.... Two cities in the land of Moab; of which see Isaiah 15:4. Heshbon being destroyed, a cry was made by the inhabitants of it, which either reached from thence to Elealeh; or the destruction being carried on to that city, the cry was continued there: and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice; another city of Moab; see Isaiah 15:4; which also was laid waste, and where the Moabites uttered their voice of lamentation on account of it: from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: that is, as the destruction should go on to Zoar, and so to Horonaim; of which places see Isaiah 15:5; so the cry of the distressed, and of those…

Dictionary and topics

Elealeh — God has ascended, a place in the pastoral country east of Jordan, in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3, 37). It is not again mentioned till the time of Isaiah (15:4; 16:9) and Jeremiah (48:34). It is…
Heifer — Heb. ‘eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of…
Heshbon — Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben…
Horonaim — Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:3, 5, 34).
Jahaz — Trodden down (called also Jahaza, Josh. 13:18; Jahazah, 21:36; Jahzah, 1 Chr. 6:78), a town where Sihon was defeated, in the borders of Moab and in the land of the Ammonites beyond Jordan, and north…
Nimrim — (limpid, pure), The waters of, a stream or brook within the country of Moab, which is mentioned in the denunciations of that nation by Isaiah. (Isaiah 15:6) and Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 48:34) We should…
Nimrim, Waters of — The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa. 15:6; Jer. 48:34); probably the modern Wady en-Nemeirah, a rich, verdant spot at the south-eastern end of the Dead Sea.
Vine — One of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (Gen. 9:20). It is afterwards frequently noticed both in the Old and New Testaments, and in the…
Zoar — Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets…
Heshbon · Prophecy concerning — Prophecy concerning

Jeremiah 48:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:34

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:34

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Jeremiah 48:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:34

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:34

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:34

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 48:34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 48:34-39

Rashi on Jeremiah 48:34