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Jeremiah 48:21

Jeremiah 48:21 is verse 21 of Jeremiah chapter 48, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see verse 34.

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King James Version

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

World English Bible

Judgment has come on the plain country— on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,

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Jeremiah 48:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

21 Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

22 upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,

23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Jeremiah 48:8

The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

Ezekiel 25:9

therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

Joshua 13:18

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

Joshua 21:36

From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

Joshua 21:37

Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

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