Focused Passage

Jeremiah 48:31-35

Moab Brought Low: Pride, False Security, and the LORD’s Lament over Judgment

The chapter moves from announced ruin over Moab’s cities, to calls for flight and warning against trusting works and treasures, to the humiliation of Chemosh, to the image of Moab poured out like settled wine, to repeated laments over Moab’s devastation, to the exposure of Moab’s pride against the LORD, to the final declaration that Moab’s fortunes will be restored in days to come.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.

34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

35 In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.

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References and Original Words

Verse 31

Cross-references

2 Kings 3:25 Classic cross-references Isaiah 15:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:36 Classic cross-references

Original words

Therefore עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . כֵּן֙ H3651 Adverb I will wail אֲיֵלִ֔יל H3213 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition Moab מוֹאָ֣ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular I will cry out אֶזְעָ֑ק H2199 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular for all כֻּלֹּ֖ה H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular of Moab וּלְמוֹאָ֥ב H4124 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular I will moan יֶהְגֶּֽה׃ H1897 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular for אֶל־ H413 Preposition the men אַנְשֵׁ֥י H582 Noun - masculine plural construct vvv קִֽיר־ H7025 of Kir-heres חֶ֖רֶשׂ H7025 Noun - proper - feminine singular

BSB notes

Kir-heres is a variant of Kir-hareseth; also in verse 36; see Isaiah 16:7.

Verse 32

Cross-references

Isaiah 16:8 Classic cross-references Numbers 21:32 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 40:10 Classic cross-references Joshua 13:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will weep אֶבְכֶּה־ H1058 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular for you לָּךְ֙ Preposition | second person feminine singular O vine הַגֶּ֣פֶן H1612 Article | Noun - common singular of Sibmah שִׂבְמָ֔ה H7643 Noun - proper - feminine singular more than I weep מִבְּכִ֨י H1065 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct for Jazer יַעְזֵ֤ר H3270 Noun - proper - feminine singular Your tendrils נְטִֽישֹׁתַ֙יִךְ֙ H5189 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular have extended עָ֣בְרוּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to the sea יָ֔ם H3220 Noun - masculine singular they reach נָגָ֑עוּ H5060 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural [even] to עַ֛ד H5704 Preposition - יָ֥ם H3220 Noun - masculine singular construct Jazer יַעְזֵ֖ר H3270 Noun - proper - feminine singular The destroyer שֹׁדֵ֥ד H7703 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular has descended נָפָֽל׃ H5307 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition your summer fruit קֵיצֵ֥ךְ H7019 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular . . . וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and grape harvest בְּצִירֵ֖ךְ H1210 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular

BSB notes

Probably the Dead Sea
Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts to the Sea of Jazer

Verse 33

Cross-references

Amos 5:17 Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:10 Classic cross-references Haggai 2:16 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:10 Classic cross-references Joel 1:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

Joy שִׂמְחָ֥ה H8057 Noun - feminine singular and gladness וָגִ֛יל H1524 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular are removed וְנֶאֶסְפָ֨ה H622 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular from the orchard מִכַּרְמֶ֖ל H3759 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular and from the fields וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of Moab מוֹאָ֑ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular I have stopped הִשְׁבַּ֔תִּי H7673 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular the flow of wine וְיַ֙יִן֙ H3196 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular from the presses מִיקָבִ֣ים H3342 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural no one לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle treads them יִדְרֹ֣ךְ H1869 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with shouts of joy הֵידָ֔ד H1959 Noun - masculine singular their shouts הֵידָ֖ד H1959 Noun - masculine singular are not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle for joy הֵידָֽד׃ H1959 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 34

Cross-references

Isaiah 15:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:3 Classic cross-references Numbers 32:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

There is a cry מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת H2201 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct from Heshbon חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן H2809 Noun - proper - feminine singular to עַד־ H5704 Preposition Elealeh אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה H500 Noun - proper - feminine singular they raise נָתְנ֣וּ H5414 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural their voices קוֹלָ֔ם H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural to עַד־ H5704 Preposition Jahaz יַ֙הַץ֙ H3096 Noun - proper - feminine singular from Zoar מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ H6820 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular to עַד־ H5704 Preposition Horonaim חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם H2773 Noun - proper - feminine singular and Eglath-shelishiyah עֶגְלַ֖ת H5697 Noun - proper - feminine singular . . . שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה H7992 Number - masculine singular for כִּ֚י H3588 Conjunction even גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction the waters מֵ֣י H4325 Noun - masculine plural construct of Nimrim נִמְרִ֔ים H5249 Noun - proper - feminine singular vvv יִהְיֽוּ׃ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural have dried up לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת H4923 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural

Verse 35

Cross-references

Isaiah 15:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

In Moab לְמוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular I will bring an end וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י H7673 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular to those who make offerings מַעֲלֶ֣ה H5927 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular on the high places בָמָ֔ה H1116 Noun - feminine singular and burn incense וּמַקְטִ֖יר H6999 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular to their gods לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ H430 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

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