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Jer 48:34 — From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even] unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto Horonaim, [as] an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the cry		Jer 48:2; Isa 15:4-6
Elealeh		Num 32:37
Jahaz		See on Jer 48:21, Jahazah
Zoar		Jer 48:3,5; Deu 34:3; Isa 15:5
as an heifer of		As a young cow, when deprived of filling the air with loud and repeated lowings, expressive of the deepest distress.
Nimrim		Num 32:3; Nimrah, Num 32:36; Beth-nimrah. Isa 15:6
desolate		Heb. desolations.

Correlating Passages

the cry

	Jer 48:2	[There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
	Isa 15:4	And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 15:6	For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Elealeh

Num 32:37

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Jahaz

Jer 48:21

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

Zoar

	Jer 48:3	A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
	Jer 48:5	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.
	Deu 34:3	And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
	Isa 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.

Nimrim

	Num 32:3	Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
	Num 32:36	And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
	Isa 15:6	For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 48:34," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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