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Jeremiah 48:8 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Jeremiah 48:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 48 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.”
Jeremiah 48:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 48:8
The spoiler shall come upon every city (וַיָּבֹא שׁוֹדֵד אֶל־כָּל־עִיר vayavo shoded el-kol-ir)—the shoded (destroyer, plunderer) is likely Nebuchadnezzar's army, but functions as Yahweh's agent of judgment. No city shall escape (וְעִיר לֹא תִמָּלֵט ve'ir lo timmalet)—total, comprehensive devastation. The threefold target follows: the valley (הָעֵמֶק ha'emeq, the Jordan valley), shall perish (וְאָבַד ve'avad); and the plain (הַמִּישֹׁר hamishor, the tableland), shall be destroyed (וְנִשְׁמַד venishmad).The progression from city to valley to plain covers every geographic zone—urban, agricultura...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 48:8
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“gird you with sackcloth”
“I will send and take all the families of the north”
“behold”
“that Moab is laid waste.”
“and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon”
“that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon”
“come down from your glory”
“and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites”
“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly”
“even on Babylon”