Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the
That Moab has been destroyed.
King James Version
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Holman Bible
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
A Conservative Version
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Wail and cry, tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
American Standard Version
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Amplified
“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.
Bible in Basic English
Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.
Darby Translation
Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Julia Smith Translation
Moab was ashamed; for she was broken down: wail, ye, and cry; announce in Arnon that Moab was laid waste,
King James 2000
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell [it] by Arnon that Moab is devastated.
Modern King James verseion
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is stripped.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Moab is confounded and overcome. Mourn and cry, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed.
NET Bible
They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.'
New Heart English Bible
"Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste."
The Emphasized Bible
Confounded is Moab! For it is broken down! Howl and make outcry, - Tell ye in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled;
Webster
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
World English Bible
Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Youngs Literal Translation
Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
Interlinear
Chathath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
19 Stand by the road and keep watch, O woman who lives in Aroer. Ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes. Say, "What happened'? 20 Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21 Judgment has come to the plateau: to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath,
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.
Numbers 21:13-14
Then they traveled to the other side of Arnon and camped in the wilderness that borders the territory of the Amorites. (Arnon borders Moab between Moab and the Amorites,
Numbers 21:26-28
Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who fought against the previous king of Moab and captured all his land from his capital city to Arnon.
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer on the edge of Arnon Valley and from the town all the way to Gilead, there was no city that was too strong for us the LORD our God delivered them all to us.
Joshua 13:9
Specifically included was from Aroer on the banks of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that lies in the middle of the valley, including all the plains from Medeba to Dibon,
Judges 11:18
"But the king of Edom wouldn't listen. So they also sent word to the king of Moab, but he wouldn't consent, either. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. Then they went through the desert, circumventing the territory belonging to Edom and Moab. They encamped on the other side of the Arnon River, but never entered the territory of Moab because the Arnon River is the border of Moab.
Isaiah 15:1-5
A message concerning Moab: "For Ir in Moab is destroyed in a night, and Moab is ruined! Because Ir in Moab is destroyed in a single night, Moab is ruined!
Isaiah 15:8
For the cry has gone out along the border of Moab; her wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, her wailing reaches as far as Beer-elim.
Isaiah 16:7-11
Therefore, let Moab not wail, let everyone wail for Moab. Lament and grieve deeply for the ruined remains of Kir-hareseth.
Jeremiah 48:1-5
To Moab: This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "How terrible for Nebo, for it's laid waste. Kiriathaim is put to shame, it's captured. The fortress is put to shame, it's shattered.