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“Hark! a cry from Horona′im,
    ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
Moab is destroyed;
    a cry is heard as far as Zo′ar.[a]
For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;[b]
for at the descent of Horona′im
    they have heard the cry[c] of destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:4 Gk: Heb her little ones
  2. Jeremiah 48:5 Cn: Heb weeping goes up with weeping
  3. Jeremiah 48:5 Gk Compare Is 15.5: Heb the distress of the cry

Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(A)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.[a]
They go up the hill to Luhith,(B)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(C)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar