Jeremiah 48:2
There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
Note The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
Note The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for silenced.
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.
Note be cut…: or, be brought to silence
Note pursue…: Heb. go after thee
The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’ You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you.
The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- no more
- Jeremiah 48:17; Isaiah 16:14
- Heshbon
- Jeremiah 48:34, 35; Numbers 21:25–30; Numbers 32:37; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 16:8, 9
- come
- Jeremiah 48:42; Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Jeremiah 46:28; Esther 3:8–14; Psalm 83:4–8
- thou shalt
- Jeremiah 25:15, 17
- cut down
- or, brought to silence.
- Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 25:10