Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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- WEB Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
- KJV Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
- NKJV Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities; Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
- NASB “Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities; His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,” Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
- NLT But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed. His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Quick answer
Moab is laid waste and her finest young men go down to slaughter, declares the King, the LORD of Armies.
Overview
The boast of verse 14 is answered as Moab's choicest warriors fall in defeat. The title 'the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies' stresses God's supreme sovereignty over the nations. Earthly kings and armies are overruled by the true King, whose reign is fully revealed in Christ, King of kings.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Jer 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
- Jer 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Jer 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Isa 40:30–31Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- Mal 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- Zech 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- Jas 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Ps 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Ps 24:8–10Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- Jer 48:4Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
- Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- Jer 48:8–25The 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.
- Jer 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
- Isa 34:2–8The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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