Jeremiah 48:4 · KJV
“Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.”
— Jeremiah 48:4
A voice of crying {shall be} from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
For 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. {continual...: Heb. weeping with weeping}
Jeremiah 48 — Context
{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. {be cut...: or, be brought to silence} {pursue...: Heb. go after thee}
3A voice of crying {shall be} from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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. {continual...: Heb. weeping with weeping}
6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. {the heath: or, a naked tree}
Cross References
Psalms 137:9
Happy {shall he be}, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. {the stones: Heb. the rock}
Numbers 21:27-30
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Esther 8:11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which {were} in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, {both} little ones and women, and {to take} the spoil of them for a prey,