“Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah, and against Mephaath,
Parallel translations
- WEB Judgment has come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
- KJV And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
- BSB Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
- NKJV “And judgment has come on the plain country: On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
- NLT Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau— on Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,
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Judgment has fallen on the Moabite plateau, including Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath.
Overview
This begins a list of towns across Moab's tableland struck by judgment. The naming of specific places stresses that the devastation is concrete and complete, not vague. Such thoroughness shows that God's judgments are exact, reaching every place, and points to His comprehensive knowledge of all peoples and lands.
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Cross-references · 7
- Josh 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Isa 15:4Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.
- Jer 48:8The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
- Num 21:23Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz. He fought against Israel.
- Josh 21:36–37Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,
- Ezek 25:9therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
- Zeph 2:9Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
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