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Moabמוֹאָבis put to shame,הֹבִישׁforכִּיit is dismayed;חַתָּהwailהֵילִילוּand cry out!וּזְעָקוּDeclareהַגִּידוּin the ArnonבְאַרְנוֹןthatכִּיMoabמוֹאָבis devastated.שֻׁדַּד
Jeremiah 48:20
Study it in the app“Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry out! Declare in the Arnon that Moab is devastated.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:20, word by word
- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- is put to shameהֹבִישׁhovish
be ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovish” appears- it is dismayedחַתָּהchata
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “chata” appears- wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- and cry outזְעָקוּzeaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zeaku” appears- Declareהַגִּידוּhagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidu” appears- in the Arnonאַרְנוֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- is devastatedשֻׁדַּדshudad
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudad” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
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).
The context
19By the road stand and watch, you who dwell in Aroer; ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes, say, “What has happened?”
20 · This verse (above)
21And judgment has come upon the land of the plain, upon Holon and upon Jahzah and upon Mephaath,