Jeremiah Chapter 48 verse 20 Holy Bible
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
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Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.
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Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
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Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
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Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
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Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The answer of the fugitives begins in the latter part of this verse, and, continues to ver. 24. Confounded ought, as usual, to be brought to shame. The address, howl and cry, which is in the feminine, refers to Moab, which has just before been spoken of in the feminine ("It is broken down," or rather, "she is dismayed," refers to Moab, not to Dibon). In Arnon; i.e. in the region of the Amen; better, beside Arnon (comp. Jeremiah 13:5, "by Euphrates").
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Tell ye it in Arnon.--The name, which means a rushing stream, belonged to the chief river of Moab, now the Mugab, which rises in the Arabian mountains and flows into the Dead Sea. It appears in the war-song quoted, in Numbers 21:14, from the "Book of the Wars of the Lord," and the "high places" on either side its course were crowned with the castles of the lords of Moab (Numbers 21:28). The verse contains the answer to the question that precedes it--"This is what has come to pass, Moab is confounded and spoiled." For the "plain country" see Note on Jeremiah 48:8.(20) Make ye him drunken . . .--The image is suggested by the wine-cup of Jehovah's fury in Jeremiah 25:15, and was familiar in the symbolic language of the prophets (Isaiah 51:17; Job 21:20; Ezekiel 23:32; Revelation 14:10). The words that follow paint the image in its strongest colours. As men looked with scorn on the drunkard wallowing in his shame, so should they look on Moab, that had been so boastful in its pride, when it was brought low. . . .
