Jeremiah 48:20

20 "Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the ¹Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab is confounded, for it is broken down
This is the answer returned, by those that had escaped and were fleeing, to those who inquired of them; who report that the whole country of Moab was in the utmost confusion and consternation; not being able to stand before the enemy, who broke down and destroyed all that was in his way: and therefore calls upon them to howl and cry;
because of the general ruin at the nation, and who must expect themselves to share the same fate; and therefore should prepare themselves and their neighbours for it, as follows: tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled;
the country of Arnon, so called from a river of that name, on the banks of which Aroer was situated; the inhabitants of which are desired to spread it all over that part of the country, that Moab was utterly ruined by the Chaldean army; the particulars of which follow:

Jeremiah 48:20 In-Context

18 "Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.

19 "Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant of Aroer; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has happened?'

20 "Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.

21 "Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and against Mephaath,

22 against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 21:13

Footnotes

• [a] Or "dismayed"