Study it in the app“Concerning Moab. Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is captured; the high refuge is put to shame and dismayed.”
Concerning Moab.לְמוֹאָבThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלWoeהוֹיto Nebo,אֶל נְבוֹforכִּיit has been devastated!שֻׁדָּדָהKiriathaimקִרְיָתָיִםis put to shame,הֹבִישָׁהit is captured;נִלְכְּדָהthe high refugeהַמִּשְׂגָּבis put to shameהֹבִישָׁהand dismayed.וָחָתָּה
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearswoe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appearsNebo
See it on the mapWhere else “nevo” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudada” appearsKiriathaim
Kiriathaim, a town east of the Jordan; also a town in Naphtali.
Where else “kiryatayim” appearsbe ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovisha” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appearshigh refuge
A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.
Where else “misgav” appearsbe dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “chata” appears“The high refuge” (הַמִּשְׂגָּב) can also be understood as the name of a place, Misgab.
1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Nebo
Today: Mount Nebo, western Jordan
A mountain east of the Dead Sea in Moab (today Jordan), across from Jericho.
Moses went up there, saw the promised land, and died (Deut 34:1-5).
1 · This verse (above)
2There is no more praise for Moab; in Heshbon they have planned evil against her: “Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.” You too, Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will go after you.
