Bible Strands
Jeremiah 48:21
Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah pronounces divine judgment against Moab, specifying that catastrophe has arrived on the high plain and its cities following the nation's shattered state.
The words — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) carries the literal sense of judgment, while הַמִּישׁוֹר (ha.mishor) denotes the plain or high plain where this judgment lands.
The thread — The cities Jahaz and Mephaath appear in Joshua 13:18, and Jahaz is again noted in Isaiah 15:4 amid the broader mourning of Moab.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God's declared judgment executes precisely upon the named locations, leaving no ambiguity about the certainty of the pronouncement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
Cross-references
- Joshua 13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Numbers 21:23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Jeremiah 48:8 The 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.
- Joshua 21:36 From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
- Ezekiel 25:9 therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
- Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”