Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping bitterly as they go; on the road down to Horonaim anguished cries over the destruction are heard. New Living Translation Her refugees weep bitterly, climbing the slope to Luhith. They cry out in terror, descending the slope to Horonaim. English Standard Version For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressed cry of destruction. Berean Standard Bible For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: King James Bible 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. New King James Version For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping; For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. New American Standard Bible “For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith With continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction. NASB 1995 “For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction. NASB 1977 “For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction. Legacy Standard Bible For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distressed cry of destruction. Amplified Bible “For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. Christian Standard Bible For on the Ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction: Holman Christian Standard Bible For on the Ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction: American Standard Version For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. Aramaic Bible in Plain English While weeping at the ascent of Lukhith, they shall go up, and in the descent of Khornim they shall cause suffering and the crying of brokenness Brenton Septuagint Translation for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction. Contemporary English Version and cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they will tell of disasters. Douay-Rheims Bible For by the ascent of Luith shall the mourner go up with weeping: for in the descent of Oronaim the enemies have heard a howling of destruction. English Revised Version For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. GOD'S WORD® Translation People go up the pass of Luhith, crying bitterly as they go. On the road down to Horonaim they have heard the distressful cry of destruction. Good News Translation Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim. International Standard Version Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard. JPS Tanakh 1917 For by the ascent of Luhith With continual weeping shall they go up; For in the going down of Horonaim They have heard the distressing cry of destruction. Literal Standard Version For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, | Weeping goes up, | For in the descent of Horonaim | Adversaries have heard a cry of desolation. Majority Standard Bible For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: New American Bible Up the ascent of Luhith they go weeping; At the descent to Horonaim they hear cries of anguish: NET Bible Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction. New Revised Standard Version For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping bitterly; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of anguish. New Heart English Bible For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. Webster's Bible Translation For in the ascent of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. World English Bible For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. Young's Literal Translation For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Moab…4Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. 5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: 6‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’… Cross References Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. Jeremiah 48:3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: 'Devastation and great destruction!' Jeremiah 48:4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. Treasury of Scripture 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. Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. Jump to Previous Adversaries Anguish Anguished Ascend Ascent Bitterly Continual Cries Cry Descent Desolation Destruction Distress Distressing Enemies Heard Horonaim Horona'im Luhith Road Slope Way WeepingJump to Next Adversaries Anguish Anguished Ascend Ascent Bitterly Continual Cries Cry Descent Desolation Destruction Distress Distressing Enemies Heard Horonaim Horona'im Luhith Road Slope Way WeepingJeremiah 48 1. The judgment of Moab7. for their pride 11. for their security 14. for their carnal confidence 26. and for their contempt of God and his people 47. The restoration of Moab (5) In the going up of Luhith.--Here again we have an echo from Isaiah 15:5. Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Luith) describes it as between Zoar and Areopolis (= Rabbath-Moab). The ascent was probably to a local sanctuary. A various reading, Laboth, followed by the LXX., gives the meaning "the ascent of planks," as though it were a wooden staircase. Alike in that and in the descent from Horonaim (possibly the fugitives who came down from the heights of the one city are represented as going up with wailing to the other) the enemies of Moab would hear the cry that proclaimed its downfall.Verse 5. - For in the going up of Luhith, etc. The verse is substantially taken from Isaiah (Isaiah 15:5), but with variations peculiar to this chapter. The most peculiar of these is that in the first verse half, which is literally, weeping goeth up (not, shall go up) with weeping, which is explained by Dr. Payne Smith to mean "one set of weeping fugitives pressing close upon another." To the present commentator (as also to Delitzsch - see his note on Isaiah 15:5) there seems no reasonable doubt that b'ki, the word rendered "weeping," should rather be bo, "upon it," so that the passage will run, as in Isaiah, "for the going up of Luhith with weeping doth one go up if," Hitzig (whom for once we find agreeing with Delitzsch) remarks that the miswriting b'ki for bo may be easily accounted for by the fact that ki, "for," is the word which follows next. We have no right to ascribe to Jeremiah such an artificial and un-Hebraic an expression as that of the received text. Small as the matter may be in itself, it is not unimportant as suggesting to the Old Testament student a caution against the too unreserved adoption of the canon Lectioni faciliori praestat ardua. In the going down of Horonaim. An interesting variation from Isaiah. The older poet, less attentive to minutiae, had said vaguely, "in the road to Horonaim;" by a slight change of expression, the younger and more reflective writer produces a striking antithesis between the ascent to the hill-town, and the descent to the hollow in which Horonaim ("double cavern") appears to have been situated. It is possible, however, that Jeremiah has preserved the original reading, and that "the road" in Isaiah, l.c., is due to the carelessness of a scribe. The enemies have heard a cry of destruction. But why this reference to the enemies? The rendering, however, is ungrammatical. The text is, literally, the enemies of the cry of destruction have they heard. The prophecy in Isaiah omits "the enemies of," and has a different verb for "have they heard." Can the inserted words be an intrusion from the margin? The later scribes were accustomed to insert glosses in the margin on occasions where we should have thought them entirely unnecessary for the purpose of explanation. But then why "the enemies of"? It is an insoluble enigma. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction on the Ascent מַעֲלֵ֣ה (ma·‘ă·lêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4608: An elevation, acclivity, platform, a rise, priority to Luhith הַלּוּחִ֔ית (hal·lū·ḥîṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3872: Luhith -- a place in Moab they weep בֶּ֑כִי (be·ḵî) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1065: A weeping, a dripping bitterly בִּבְכִ֖י (biḇ·ḵî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1065: A weeping, a dripping as they go, יַֽעֲלֶה־ (ya·‘ă·leh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively and כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction on the descent בְּמוֹרַ֣ד (bə·mō·w·raḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4174: A descent, an ornamental appendage, a festoon to Horonaim חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם (ḥō·w·rō·na·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2773: Horonaim -- 'two hollows', a place in Moab cries צַֽעֲקַת־ (ṣa·‘ă·qaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6818: A cry, outcry of distress צָרֵ֥י (ṣā·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent resound שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ (šā·mê·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently over the destruction: שֶׁ֖בֶר (še·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash Links Jeremiah 48:5 NIVJeremiah 48:5 NLT Jeremiah 48:5 ESV Jeremiah 48:5 NASB Jeremiah 48:5 KJV Jeremiah 48:5 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 48:5 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 48:5 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 48:5 French Bible Jeremiah 48:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith (Jer.) |