Key Verse Spotlight
Jeremiah 48:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. {continual...: Heb. weeping with weeping}”
Jeremiah 48:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A voice of crying {shall be} from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. {continual...: Heb. weeping with weeping}
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. {the heath: or, a naked tree}
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity {with} his priests and his princes together.
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