KJV King James Version
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
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Jeremiah 48:21
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
WEB World English Bible
Judgment has come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
ASV American Standard Version
And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain—unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 48
18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from [thy] glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, [and] he shall destroy thy strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, [and] say, What is done?
20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementבָּ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַמִּישֹׁ֑רH4334 · mi.shorplainאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)חֹל֥וֹןH2473 · cho.lonHolonוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יַ֖הְצָהH3096 · ya.hatsJahazוְעַל־H5921 · aluponמֵיפָֽעַת׃H4158 · mo.pha.atMephaath
Cross-references
Joshua 13:18And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,Isaiah 15:4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.Numbers 21:23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.Jeremiah 48:8And 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.Zephaniah 2:9Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Joshua 21:36-37And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,Ezekiel 25:9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities [which are] on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
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