The Meaning of Jeremiah 48:21 Explained

Jeremiah 48:21

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

YLT: And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

Darby: And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;

ASV: And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 48:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 48:21 mean?

And judgment has come on country the plain Holon and Jahaz and - Mephaath
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט בָּ֖א אֶל־ אֶ֣רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר חֹל֥וֹן וְאֶל־ יַ֖הְצָה וְעַל־ [מופעת] (מֵיפָֽעַת)

וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט  And  judgment 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
בָּ֖א  has  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶ֣רֶץ  country 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר  the  plain 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִישֹׁור  
Sense: level place, uprightness.
חֹל֥וֹן  Holon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹלֹון  
Sense: a town in the mountains of Judah given to the priests.
יַ֖הְצָה  Jahaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יַהַץ 
Sense: a place in Reuben east of the Dead Sea where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites; site uncertain.
[מופעת]  - 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
(מֵיפָֽעַת)  Mephaath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹופַעַת 
Sense: a city of Reuben allotted to the Merarite Levites lying in the district of the Mishor; site uncertain.