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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 48:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 48:20 |
King James |
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Answer of the fleeing Moabites to the Ammonite inquirers (Jer 48:19; Isa 16:2). He enumerates the Moabite cities at length, as it seemed so incredible that all should be so utterly ruined. Many of them were assigned to the Levites, while Israel stood.
in Arnon--the north boundary between Moab and Ammon (Jer 48:19; Num 21:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Or, "Moab is ashamed, because she (Dibon) is broken" by her fortifications being battered down. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Arnon - Arnon was the name of a river; it was the border of Moab: probably the adjacent country or city might take its name from the river. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Tell ye it in Arnon - Apprize the inhabitants there that the territories of Moab are invaded, and the country about to be destroyed, that they may provide for their own safety. |
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?