King James Version
Jeremiah 48:21 in the King James Version says “And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,”
Jeremiah 48:21 · KJV
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
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“And judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“upon the plain”
H4334a level, i.e., a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e., (
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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