KJV ORIGINAL
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
You can hear the crying and screaming coming from Horonaim, everything's being destroyed, and it's absolutely devastating.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the pain is so loud that everyone can hear it.
📚 Historical Context
Jeremiah was a prophet in ancient Judah during the 7th and 6th centuries BC, a time when the Babylonian empire was rising and threatening the region. In Jeremiah 48, he delivers God's judgment against Moab, a neighboring nation east of the Dead Sea, for their pride, idolatry, and hostility toward Israel. Horonaim, a city in Moab mentioned in this verse, symbolizes the widespread destruction that God prophesied would come upon them as a consequence of their sins.
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