Jeremiah 48:8
New International Version
The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the LORD has spoken.

New Living Translation
“All the towns will be destroyed, and no one will escape— either on the plateaus or in the valleys, for the LORD has spoken.

English Standard Version
The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

Berean Standard Bible
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

King James Bible
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

New King James Version
And the plunderer shall come against every city; No one shall escape. The valley also shall perish, And the plain shall be destroyed, As the LORD has spoken.

New American Standard Bible
“A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed, As the LORD has said.

NASB 1995
“A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed, As the LORD has said.

NASB 1977
“And a destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined, And the plateau will be destroyed, As the LORD has said.

Legacy Standard Bible
A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will perish, And the plateau will be destroyed, As Yahweh has said.

Amplified Bible
“And the destroyer will come upon every city; No city will escape. The [Jordan] valley also will be ruined And the plain will be devastated, As the LORD has said.

Christian Standard Bible
The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the LORD has said.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the LORD has said.

American Standard Version
And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the plunderer shall come on all your cities, and they shall not be delivered, and the low lying country shall be destroyed, and the valley shall be desolated, just as LORD JEHOVAH said

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.

Contemporary English Version
Not one of your towns will escape destruction. I have told your enemies, "Wipe out the valley and the flatlands of Moab.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: and the valleys shall perish, and the plains shall be destroyed, for the Lord hath spoken:

English Revised Version
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as the LORD hath spoken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape. The valley will be destroyed, and the plain will be laid waste as the LORD has threatened.

Good News Translation
Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.

International Standard Version
A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed." This is what the LORD has said!

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, And no city shall escape; The valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; As the LORD hath spoken.

Literal Standard Version
And a spoiler comes to every city, | And no city escapes, | And the valley has perished, | And the plain has been destroyed, as YHWH said.

Majority Standard Bible
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

New American Bible
The destroyer comes upon every city, not a city escapes; Ruined is the valley, wasted the plateau—oracle of the LORD.

NET Bible
The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the LORD, have spoken!

New Revised Standard Version
The destroyer shall come upon every town, and no town shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

New Heart English Bible
The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as the LORD has spoken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

World English Bible
The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed, as Yahweh has spoken.

Young's Literal Translation
And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Judgment on Moab
7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials. 8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said. 9Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.…

Cross References
Joshua 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,


Treasury of Scripture

And the spoiler shall come on every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

the spoiler

Jeremiah 48:18
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

and no

Jeremiah 48:20-25
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, …

Ezekiel 25:9
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

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Jeremiah 48
1. The judgment of Moab
7. 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














(8) The valley also shall perish . . .--The cities of "the plain" are enumerated in Jeremiah 48:21-24. They belonged to the Arabah, the sunken valley of the Jordan, the "plains of Moab" of Numbers 22:1; Deuteronomy 3:10; Deuteronomy 4:43. The "valley" here is not connected with anything that helps us to identify it, but it may have been that of the Arnon, or the words may be used generically for "every valley" and "every plain."

Verse 8. - The valley... the plain. The latter (Hebrew, mishor) is the upland region which extends from the Jordan eastward of Jericho into the Arabian desert; in Numbers 21:20 it is called the "field" (i.e. "open country") of Moab. The former means that part of the Jordan valley which borders on this upland "plain" towards the west.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The destroyer
שֹׁדֵ֜ד (šō·ḏêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

will move
וְיָבֹ֨א (wə·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

city,
עִ֗יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

one town
וְעִיר֙ (wə·‘îr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

will escape.
תִמָּלֵ֔ט (ṯim·mā·lêṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

The valley
הָעֵ֖מֶק (hā·‘ê·meq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6010: A vale

also will be ruined,
וְאָבַ֥ד (wə·’ā·ḇaḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and the high plain
הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר (ham·mî·šōr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4334: A level, a plain, as a, straightness, justice

will be destroyed,
וְנִשְׁמַ֣ד (wə·niš·maḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

as
אֲשֶׁ֖ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has said.
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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