Focused Passage

Jeremiah 48:36-39

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

36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.

39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 36

Cross-references

2 Kings 3:25 Classic cross-references Isaiah 15:7 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:11 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

Therefore עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . כֵּ֞ן H3651 Adverb My heart לִבִּ֤י H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular laments יֶהֱמֶ֔ה H1993 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular like a flute כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים H2485 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural for Moab לְמוֹאָב֙ H4124 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular [it] וְלִבִּי֙ H3820 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular laments יֶהֱמֶ֑ה H1993 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular like a flute כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים H2485 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural for אֶל־ H413 Preposition the men אַנְשֵׁ֣י H582 Noun - masculine plural construct vvv קִֽיר־ H7025 of Kir-heres חֶ֔רֶשׂ H7025 Noun - proper - feminine singular because עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . כֵּ֛ן H3651 Adverb the wealth יִתְרַ֥ת H3502 Noun - feminine singular construct they acquired עָשָׂ֖ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular has perished אָבָֽדוּ׃ H6 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Verse 37

Cross-references

Leviticus 19:28 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 47:5 Classic cross-references Amos 8:10 Classic cross-references Genesis 37:34 Classic cross-references Isaiah 15:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction every כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct head רֹאשׁ֙ H7218 Noun - masculine singular is shaved קָרְחָ֔ה H7144 Noun - feminine singular and every וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct beard זָקָ֖ן H2206 Noun - common singular is clipped גְּרֻעָ֑ה H1639 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular on עַ֤ל H5921 Preposition every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct hand יָדַ֙יִם֙ H3027 Noun - fd is a gash גְּדֻדֹ֔ת H1417 Noun - feminine plural and around וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition every waist מָתְנַ֖יִם H4975 Noun - md [is] sackcloth שָֽׂק׃ H8242 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 38

Cross-references

Jeremiah 22:28 Classic cross-references Psalms 60:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 22:1 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:34 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

On עַ֣ל H5921 Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the rooftops גַּגּ֥וֹת H1406 Noun - masculine plural construct of Moab מוֹאָ֛ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular and in the public squares וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָ H7339 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular everyone כֻּלֹּ֣ה H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular is mourning מִסְפֵּ֑ד H4553 Noun - masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I have shattered שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי H7665 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Moab מוֹאָ֗ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular vvv אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb like an unwanted חֵ֥פֶץ H2656 Noun - masculine singular jar כִּכְלִ֛י H3627 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 39

Cross-references

Jeremiah 48:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

How אֵ֥יךְ H349 Interjection shattered [it is] חַ֙תָּה֙ H2865 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular How they wail הֵילִ֔ילוּ H3213 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural How אֵ֛יךְ H349 Interjection Moab מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular has turned הִפְנָה־ H6437 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular his back עֹ֥רֶף H6203 Noun - masculine singular in shame בּ֑וֹשׁ H954 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Moab מוֹאָ֛ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular has become וְהָיָ֥ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular an object of ridicule לִשְׂחֹ֥ק H7814 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular and horror וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה H4288 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular to all those לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct around him סְבִיבָֽיו׃ס H5439 Adverb | third person masculine singular

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