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.

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36Therefore 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.

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

38On 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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Verse 36

Cross-references

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

Original words

Thereforeעַל־H5921Preposition. . .כֵּ֞ןH3651AdverbMy heartלִבִּ֤יH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularlamentsיֶהֱמֶ֔הH1993Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularlike a fluteכַּחֲלִלִ֣יםH2485Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine pluralfor Moabלְמוֹאָב֙H4124Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular[it]וְלִבִּי֙H3820Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularlamentsיֶהֱמֶ֑הH1993Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularlike a fluteכַּחֲלִילִ֖יםH2485Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine pluralforאֶל־H413Prepositionthe menאַנְשֵׁ֣יH582Noun - masculine plural constructvvvקִֽיר־H7025of Kir-heresחֶ֔רֶשׂH7025Noun - proper - feminine singularbecauseעַל־H5921Preposition. . .כֵּ֛ןH3651Adverbthe wealthיִתְרַ֥תH3502Noun - feminine singular constructthey acquiredעָשָׂ֖הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularhas perishedאָבָֽדוּ׃H6Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Verse 37

Cross-references

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

Original words

Forכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctioneveryכָל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructheadרֹאשׁ֙H7218Noun - masculine singularis shavedקָרְחָ֔הH7144Noun - feminine singularand everyוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructbeardזָקָ֖ןH2206Noun - common singularis clippedגְּרֻעָ֑הH1639Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singularonעַ֤לH5921Prepositioneveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructhandיָדַ֙יִם֙H3027Noun - fdis a gashגְּדֻדֹ֔תH1417Noun - feminine pluraland aroundוְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionevery waistמָתְנַ֖יִםH4975Noun - md[is] sackclothשָֽׂק׃H8242Noun - masculine singular

Verse 38

Cross-references

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

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Onעַ֣לH5921Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe rooftopsגַּגּ֥וֹתH1406Noun - masculine plural constructof Moabמוֹאָ֛בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularand in the public squaresוּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָH7339Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singulareveryoneכֻּלֹּ֣הH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularis mourningמִסְפֵּ֑דH4553Noun - masculine singularforכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionI have shatteredשָׁבַ֣רְתִּיH7665Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMoabמוֹאָ֗בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvאֵֽין־H369Adverblike an unwantedחֵ֥פֶץH2656Noun - masculine singularjarכִּכְלִ֛יH3627Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 39

Cross-references

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

Original words

Howאֵ֥יךְH349Interjectionshattered [it is]חַ֙תָּה֙H2865Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularHow they wailהֵילִ֔ילוּH3213Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralHowאֵ֛יךְH349InterjectionMoabמוֹאָ֖בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularhas turnedהִפְנָה־H6437Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularhis backעֹ֥רֶףH6203Noun - masculine singularin shameבּ֑וֹשׁH954Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularMoabמוֹאָ֛בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularhas becomeוְהָיָ֥הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularan object of ridiculeלִשְׂחֹ֥קH7814Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularand horrorוְלִמְחִתָּ֖הH4288Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularto all thoseלְכָל־H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructaround himסְבִיבָֽיו׃סH5439Adverb | third person masculine singular

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