KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
WEB World English Bible
From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
ASV American Standard Version
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third year, For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 48
31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach [even] to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; [their] shouting [shall be] no shouting.
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.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished.
37 For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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מִזַּעֲקַ֨תH2201 · ze.a.qahoutcryחֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןH2809 · chesh.bonHeshbonעַד־H5704 · adtillאֶלְעָלֵ֗הH500 · el.a.leElealehעַד־H5704 · adtillיַ֙הַץ֙H3096 · ya.hatsJahazנָתְנ֣וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveקוֹלָ֔םH6963 · qolvoiceמִצֹּ֙עַר֙H6820 · tso.arZoarעַד־H5704 · adtillחֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִםH2773 · cho.ro.na.yimHoronaimעֶגְלַ֖תH5697 · eg.lahheiferשְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑הH7992 · she.li.shithirdכִּ֚יH3588 · kiforגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoמֵ֣יH4325 · ma.yimwaterנִמְרִ֔יםH5249 · nim.rimNimrimלִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹתH4923 · me.sham.mahdevastationיִהְיֽוּ׃H1961 · ha.yahto be
Cross-references
Isaiah 15:4-6And 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 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,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 thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.Genesis 13:10And 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 Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.Numbers 32:36-37And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.Jeremiah 48:5For 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.Deuteronomy 34:3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
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