KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 48:21 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And judgment” | וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | judgment |
| “is come” | בָּ֖א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “upon” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | upon |
| “the plain” | הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר | A level, i.e., a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e., (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly) | plain |
| “country;” | אֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | country |
| “upon” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | upon |
| “Holon,” | חֹל֥וֹן | Cholon, the name of two places in Palestine | Holon |
| “and upon” | וְאֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | upon |
| “Jahazah,” | יַ֖הְצָה | Jahats or Jahtsah, a place East of the Jordan | Jahazah |
| “and upon” | וְעַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “Mephaath,” | מֵופָֽעַת׃ | Mophaath or Mephaath, a place in Palestine | Mephaath |
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19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
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