Jeremiah 48:21
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New International Version (©2011)
Judgment has come to the plateau-- to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau--on Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and against Mephaath,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"Judgment has come to the land of the plateau--to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Judgment has come to the plateau: to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath,

NET Bible (©2006)
"Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Judgment has come to all the cities on the plain: to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And judgment has come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

American King James Version
And judgment is come on the plain country; on Holon, and on Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

American Standard Version
And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And judgment is come upon the plain country: upon Helon, and upon Jasa, and upon Mephaath.

Darby Bible Translation
And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;

English Revised Version
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;

Webster's Bible Translation
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

World English Bible
Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

Young's Literal Translation
And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

48:14-47. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to search into all the figures and expressions here used. Yet it is not perpetual destruction. The chapter ends with a promise of their return out of captivity in the latter days. Even with Moabites God will not contend for ever, nor be always wroth. The Jews refer it to the days of the Messiah; then the captives of the Gentiles, under the yoke of sin and Satan, shall be brought back by Divine grace, which shall make them free indeed.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 21. - The plain country. The mishor (see on ver. 8). Holon is not known from other sources. Jahazah (called Jahaz in ver. 34), according to Eusebius, still existed in his days, and lay between Medeba and Dibon. Like Heshbon and Dibon, it was claimed by the Reubenites (Joshua 13:18), and Mesha, in the famous inscription, states that the then King of Israel (Jehoram) "fortified Jahaz and dwelt in it, when he fought against me" (lines 18, 19). This was a great but only a temporary success, for Mesha adds that "Chemosh drove him out before me" (line 19). Mephaath was apparently near Jahaz, since it is always mentioned with that town (Joshua 13:18; Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And judgment is come upon the plain country,.... Of Moab, which was for the most part such, especially that which lay near Arnon; the judgment of God's vengeance, punishment for sin, by the hand of the Chaldeans. The Targum is,

"they that execute vengeance are come:''

upon Holon; a city of Moab; of which see Joshua 15:51; it had its name perhaps from the sandy ground on which it stood. Grotius takes it to be the Alabana of Ptolemy:

and upon Jahazah: the same with Jahaz; see Gill on Isaiah 15:4; reckoned by Grotius to be the Jadu of Ptolemy; see Joshua 13:18;

and upon Mephaath; of which see Joshua 13:18; said by Grotius to be the Maipha of Ptolemy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21. plain—(Jer 48:8). Not only the mountainous regions, but also the plain, shall be wasted.

Holon—(Compare Jos 15:51).

Jahazah—(Nu 21:23; Isa 15:4).

Mephaath—(Jos 13:18; 21:37).

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The Judgment on Moab
…20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell you it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21And judgment is come on the plain country; on Holon, and on Jahazah, and on Mephaath, 22And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Bethdiblathaim, …

Numbers 21:23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel.
Joshua 13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.
Jeremiah 48:22 to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
Jeremiah 48:34 "The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.