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Jeremiah 48:38

MoabMoab

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.

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.”

40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
WEB
On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says the LORD.
ASV
On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.
BLB
On all the housetops of Moab, and in her streets, everywhere [is] lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel without delight in it,” a declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
På alle Moabs tak og på dets gater er hele folket bare veklage; for jeg har knust Moab lik et kar som ingen bryr seg om, sier Herren.
OTB
På alle takene i Moab og på de offentlige plassene er det ingenting annet enn sorg, for jeg har knust Moab som en krukke ingen ønsker,» erklærer Herren.
B1930
På alle Moabs tak og på dets gater er hele folket bare veklage; for jeg har knust Moab lik et kar som ingen bryr sig om, sier Herren.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 22:28

    Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

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  • Isaiah 22:1

    This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

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  • Jeremiah 25:34

    Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:20–21

    A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

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  • Romans 9:21–22

    Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

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  • Isaiah 15:3

    In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

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  • Hosea 8:8

    Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

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  • Psalms 2:9

    You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

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