KJV King James Version
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 48
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.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified [himself] against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
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Cross-references
Psalm 75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.Psalm 10:15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.Zechariah 1:19-21And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.Job 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.Psalm 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.Lamentations 2:3He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth round about.Numbers 32:37And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,Daniel 8:21And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.Daniel 7:8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.Daniel 8:7-9And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.Ezekiel 30:21-25Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
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