The Meaning of Jeremiah 48:3 Explained

Jeremiah 48:3

KJV: A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

YLT: A voice of a cry is from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.

Darby: A voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!

ASV: The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A voice  of crying  [shall be] from Horonaim,  spoiling  and great  destruction. 

What does Jeremiah 48:3 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 48:3 mean?

A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim Plundering and destruction great
ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל

ק֥וֹל  A  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
צְעָקָ֖ה  of  crying 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.
מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם  [shall  be]  from  Horonaim 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹורֹנַיִם  
Sense: a town of Moab.
שֹׁ֖ד  Plundering 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁד  
Sense: havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin.
וָשֶׁ֥בֶר  and  destruction 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבֶר 
Sense: breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering.
גָּדֽוֹל  great 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.