The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
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The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
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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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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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Passages linked to Jeremiah 48:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 6:26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
- Joshua 13:9 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
- Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Joshua 13:21 all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
- Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 48:18 “You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds.
- Jeremiah 48:20-25 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Judgment has come on the plain country, on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath, on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim, on Kiriathaim, on Beth Gamul, on Beth Meon, on Kerioth, on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:56 For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.
- Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain He confirms the previous verse; nor ought he to…
He confirms the previous verse; nor ought he to be deemed too wordy, for this prophecy was not announced, that it might cherish the hope and patience of the faithful only for a few days; but it was necessary for them to rest dependent for a long time on this promise, which God had given them many years before. This, then, is the reason why the Prophet confirms at large a truth in itself sufficiently clear. Come, he says, shall a waster to all the cities It now appears more clearly why he mentioned some of the cities, though, as we shall see, they were many, even that the Israelites might know that all the land of Moab was to be given up to desolation: Nor shall a city escape, for destroyed shall be the valley and the plain, as Jehovah has spoken It follows, —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every…
Jer 48:8 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.
Ver. 8. And the spoiler shall come,] i.e., Nebuchadnezzar.
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As the Lord hath spoken.] Who hath given him a commission, and made him his executioner.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That is, all the parts of the country of…
That is, all the parts of the country of Moab, and all the cities, as well those that stood upon hills and mountainous places, as those that stood in valleys; because or for the Lord had said it (for so the particle we translate as is bettea translated).
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the spoiler shall come upon every city,.... That…
And the spoiler shall come upon every city,.... That is, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his army. The Targum is, the spoilers, who came against and took every city of Moab, and wasted them. Josephus (n) makes particular mention of Nebuchadnezzar subduing the Ammonites and Moabites:
and no city shall escape; the spoiler, and destruction by him:
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the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken; not only the cities, and the inhabitants of them; but the inhabitants of the valleys and plains, as the Targum paraphrases it, should be destroyed; and also the corn that grew upon them, and the flocks and herds that grazed there, exactly as the Lord had foretold.
(n) Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The valley - The lowlands on the east bank…
The valley - The lowlands on the east bank of the Jordan, and at the top of the Dead Sea.
The plain - An upland pasture; it answers very much to downs: so in Jer 48:21.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Spoiler, or "thief," (prædo) a title which Nabuchodonosor deserved,…
Spoiler, or "thief," (prædo) a title which Nabuchodonosor deserved, on account of his unjust conquests. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the valley . . . shall perish--that is, those…
the valley . . . shall perish--that is, those dwelling in the valley.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. The valley of the Jordan in Moab, and…
8. The valley of the Jordan in Moab, and the plain or level upland stretching between the Arnon and Heshbon, shall be overrun with this destruction. The last is called repeatedly “the fields of Moab” in Ruth and elsewhere.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. the valley] the valley of the Jordan towards…
8. the valley] the valley of the Jordan towards the Dead Sea.
the plain] the tableland of Moab.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) The valley also shall perish . . .—The…
(8) The valley also shall perish . . .—The cities of “the plain” are enumerated in Jer_48:21-24. They belonged to the Arabah, the sunken valley of the Jordan, the “plains of Moab” of Num_22:1; Deu_3:10; Deu_4:43. The “valley” here is not connected with anything that helps us to identify it, but it may have been that of the Arnon, or the words may be used generically for “every valley” and “every plain.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The valley... the plain. The latter (Hebrew, mishor) is…
The valley... the plain. The latter (Hebrew, mishor) is the upland region which extends from the Jordan eastward of Jericho into the Arabian desert; in Num_21:20 it is called the "field" (i.e. "open country") of Moab. The former means that part of the Jordan valley which borders on this upland "plain" towards the west.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 For the destroyer will come to every city
For the destroyer will come to every city
Here "the destroyer" represents the enemy army. AT: "For the enemy army will come to every city and destroy it" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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no city will escape
Here "city" represents the people. AT: "no people from any city will escape" (See: Metonymy)
So the valley will perish and the plain will be devastated
Here "valley" and "plain" represent the cities and the people in those places AT: "So the enemy army will destroy everything in the valleys and on the plains" (See: Metonymy)
Give wings to Moab, for she must certainly fly away
Helping the people is spoken of as if they would put wings on the people so that could fly away. AT: "Help the people of Moab to escape as if you were giving them wings to fly away" (See: Metaphor)
Give wings to Moab, for she must certainly fly away
The translation of the original language is uncertain. Some Bibles translate this as "Set up a tombstone for Moab, for the enemy will certainly destroy it." Other Bibles translate it as "Put salt on the cities of Moab, for the enemy will completely destroy it." Enemies through salt on ruins to keep thing from ever growing there again.
from shedding blood
Here "blood" represents a person's life. And "shedding blood" is an idiom that means to kill. AT: "from killing people" (See: Metonymy and Idiom)
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destroy
perish
devastate
Yahweh
Moab
waste
life
works
curse
sword
blood
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 48:8-10 The Lord sentenced all the towns of Moab…
48:8-10 The Lord sentenced all the towns of Moab to destruction, and he warned the agents of his judgment to faithfully carry out his decree.
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