The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
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The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
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A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
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Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 48:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for the waters of Nimrim will also become desolate.
- Jeremiah 48:5 For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Isaiah 15:2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 15:8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab, its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
- Isaiah 16:7-11 Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly stricken. For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea. Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen. Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop. Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.
- Isaiah 22:4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 4:20-21 Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment. How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
- Jeremiah 47:2 Yahweh says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain By naming many cities, he shews that the whole…
By naming many cities, he shews that the whole land was doomed to ruin, so that no corner of it would be exempt from destruction. For the Moabites might have suffered some loss without much injury had they been moderately chastised; but the Prophet shews that they would be so reduced by the power of Nebuchadnezzar, that ruin would extend to every part of the land. We now then see why this catalogue of the cities is given.
By the voice of crying he means howling, a loud lamentation, heard far and wide. He says that the voice of crying would go forth from Horonaim, which some think was so called, because the city consisted of two parts, a higher and a lower part. He then adds, desolation and great destruction He thus explains himself, for the citizens of Horonaim would in vain cry out, because desolation and breaking or destruction would constrain them, that is, make them cry out so as to howl for the bitterness of their grief. It follows, —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 48:3 A voice of crying [shall be] from…
Jer 48:3 A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Ver. 3. A voice of crying.] They would not cry for their sins: they shall therefore cry for their miseries with desperate and bootless tears, and yet worse one day.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Another city of Moab, mentioned only in this place,…
Another city of Moab, mentioned only in this place, and in Isa 15:5. Some think it the same with Horon, where Sanballat was born, Neh 2:10; 13:28. The prophet threatens also ruin and destruction to this city.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim,.... Another…
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim,.... Another city of Moab. The word is of the dual number; and, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, there were two Horons, the upper and the lower; of this place See Gill on Isa 15:5; this also should be destroyed; and so a cry of the inhabitants of it should be heard out of it:
spoiling, and great destruction; because the city was spoiled, and a great destruction made in the inhabitants and riches of it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Horoniam - Another city of Moab.
Horoniam - Another city of Moab.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Horonaim] Another city of Moab, near to…
Verse 3. Horonaim] Another city of Moab, near to Luhith. At this latter place the hill country of Moab commenced. "It is a place," says Dahler, "situated upon a height between Areopolis and Zoar."
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Omit shall be. “Spoiling and great destruction,” literally breaking,…
Omit shall be. “Spoiling and great destruction,” literally breaking, is the cry heard from Horonaim Isa 15:5.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Horonaim--the same as the city Avara, mentioned by PTOLEMY.…
Horonaim--the same as the city Avara, mentioned by PTOLEMY. The word means "double caves" (Neh 2:10; Isa 15:5).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Horonaim — Literally, two caves; a place mentioned…
3. Horonaim — Literally, two caves; a place mentioned both here and in Isa_15:5 in connexion with Luhith, and hence may be inferred to be near it. Of its precise location, however, we have no knowledge.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) Horonaim—literally, the two caverns, or the two Horons—may…
(3) Horonaim—literally, the two caverns, or the two Horons—may imply, like other dual names of towns, that there was an upper and a lower city. It is mentioned in Isa_15:5, but has not been identified.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Horonaim. This Moabite town was probably on the borders…
Horonaim. This Moabite town was probably on the borders of Edom; hence, perhaps, "Sanballat the Horonite."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Jeremiah continues to tell of the destruction of Moab.
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Horonaim
This is the name of a town in the south of Moab. (See: How to Translate Names)
ruin and great destruction
These two terms mean the same thing. Together they emphasize complete destruction. (See: Doublet)
Moab has been destroyed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The enemy army has destroyed Moab" (See: Active or Passive)
Her children
Possible meanings are 1) the children who lived in Moab or 2) "children" is a metonym that represents the people of Moab in general. AT: "The people of Moab" (See: Metonymy)
Luhith
This is the name of a place in Moab. (See: How to Translate Names)
because of the destruction
The abstract noun "destruction" can be stated as "destroyed." AT: "because their town is destroyed" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 48:3-4 Little is known about the village of Horonaim…
48:3-4 Little is known about the village of Horonaim (see Isa 15:5); it was probably situated near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea.
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