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Jeremiah 48:24

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Jeremiah 48:24 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And vpon Kerioth, and vpon Bozrah, and vpon all the cities of ye land of Moab farre or neere.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And upon Carioth, and upon Bosra: and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, || And on all cities of the land of Moab, || The far off and the near.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and upon Kerijoth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    on Kerioth, on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    on Kerioth, Bozrah, and on all the towns of Moab, whether far away or nearby.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is קְרִיּ֖וֹת Kerioth H7152 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

קְרִיּ֖וֹת Kerioth H7152 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 6 nouns
  • 2 adjectives
  • 3 prepositions

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וְעַל upon H5921 ×3
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Topical passages linked to Jeremiah 48:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Amos 2:2 But I will send a fire on Moab, And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; And Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
  • Jeremiah 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  • Deuteronomy 4:43 [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
  • Joshua 21:36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
  • Zephaniah 2:8–10 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Jeremiah 48:24 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְעַל קְרִיּ֖וֹת וְעַל בָּצְרָ֑ה וְעַ֗ל כָּל עָרֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב הָרְחֹק֖וֹת וְהַקְּרֹבֽוֹת

and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Structure differs

In the Septuagint, Jeremiah is about an eighth shorter than the Hebrew and arranges its material differently — the Oracles Against the Nations (Hebrew chapters 46–51) appear in the middle of the Greek book, after 25:13. Because the chapter and verse boundaries do not line up, a verse-for-verse comparison with the Hebrew is not shown.

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Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְעַל קִרְיוֹת וְעַל בָּצְרָה וְעַל כָּל קִרְוֵי אֲרַע מוֹאָב דִרְחִיקִין וּדְקָרִיבִין:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Jeremiah 48:24 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jer 48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

Ver. 24. And upon Bazrah.] Called also Bezer. {Jos 21:36}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

Kerioth-- (Jos 15:25; Amo 2:2).

Bozrah--(See on Isa 34:6); at one time under the dominion of Edom, though belonging originally to Moab (Gen 36:33; Isa 63:1). Others think the Bozrah in Edom distinct from that of Moab. "Bezer" (Jos 21:36).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(24) Kerioth.—The name, plural in form (= cities), has been identified by Mr. Porter (Five Years, &c, ii. 191-198) with Kureiyeh, a ruined town lying not far from Buzrah, identified with the Bozrah that is coupled with it here, in the Haûran. These are, however, some sixty miles north of Heshbon, and this has been thought adverse to the identification. On the other hand, the expression “far and near” indicates that Jeremiah takes in the more distant cities to which the power of Moab may have extended. From the mention of “the palaces of Kirioth” in Amo_2:2, it appears to have been a place of importance. Mr. Grove (art. Kerioth in Smith’s Dict. Bible) suggests its possible identity with Kureiyat, not far from Dibon and Beth-meon.

Bozrah.—The name (= fortification) is familiar as belonging to the more famous city of Edom (Jer_49:13). The Moabite town, identified as above with the Buzrah of the Haûran, appears in 1Ma_5:26 as Bosora, one of the towns of Galaad or Gilead, and in Roman history as Bostra, the birthplace of the Emperor Philip, known as the Arabian.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

24. Kerioth] This may be another name for Ar of Moab (Num_21:28). See on Amo_2:2, C.B. Both nouns have city for their primary sense.

Bozrah] probably the Bezer of Deu_4:43; Jos_20:8; Jos_21:36. The B. of Jer_49:13 was in Edom.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

The horn of Moab is cut off,.... The kingdom of Moab, high and strong, his power and strength, by which he defended himself, and offended others, as a beast with his horns; his powerful kingdom, and the glory of it:

and his arm is broken, saith the Lord; so that he cannot hold a sword, or manage any weapon of war against the enemy, or do anything to annoy him, or in his own defence. The Targum is,

"the kingdom of Moab is cut off, and their rulers are broken, saith the Lord;''

and so Ben Melech interprets it of his princes, and his armies, which were the arm of the king, and of the people.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Kerioth - A synonym of Ar, the old capital of Moab. It appears to have been a considerable place, and has been identified with El-Korriat, situated on the long ridge of Mount Attarus.

Bozrah - Probably the Bosora mentioned in 1 Macc. 5:26 in company with Bosor, i. e., Bezer. Since the word means sheepfolds, it was no doubt a common name for places in this upland region, fit only for pasturage.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

God threateneth vengeance to come upon all Moab, which had great plains, Num 31:12; 33:48. For the names of these cities, and those mentioned Jer 48:22-24, some of them we read of in other places of holy writ; others we read not of, neither is it material for us to know their situation; they are not at this day to be known by their old names: they are all here mentioned as cities at this time belonging to the Moabites, to whom this vengeance is threatened, and not to them only, but to all other cities of the land of Moab wherever situate.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Kerioth. Perhaps a synonym of Ar, the old capital of Moab. (Isa_15:1) Hence in Amo_2:2, "I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth." Bozrah. The capital at one time of the Edomites. (see Jer_49:13) The ownership of particular cities varied from. time to time in this contested region. Far or near; i.e. towards the frontier or inland.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Jeremiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 11 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Qᵉrîyôwth (“Kerioth”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “Kerioth” (Qᵉrîyôwth) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. How does Joshua 15:25, which shares the word «Kerioth», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “upon” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

  • These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
  • “upon” occurs 3× in this single verse.
  • 9 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.

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