Jeremiah 48:39

Jeremiah 48:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
• New International Version (NIV)“How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall wail: ‘How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame!’ So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her.”

Context of Jeremiah 48:39

37Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist. 38On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.” 40For this is what the Lord says: Look! He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab. 41The towns have been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Jeremiah 48:39 word by word

אֵ֥יךְ חַ֙תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ הִפְנָה־עֹ֥רֶף מוֹאָ֖ב בּ֑וֹשׁ וְהָיָ֥ה מוֹאָ֛ב לִשְׂחֹ֥ק וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה לְכָל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• How is it broken downחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• how hath Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• the backעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• with shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• be a derisionשְׂחֹקώechôq ώechôq · laughterH7814
• and a dismayingמְחִתָּהmechittâh · terrorH4288
• to all them aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:39

• Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows his name. Say, “How the mighty scepter is shattered, the glorious staff!”
• Lamentations 1:1How she sits alone, the city once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labor.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the head of every street.
• Revelation 18:9The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning.
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
• Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, stripped and barefoot, with bared buttocks — to Egypt’s shame.
• Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled at you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Literally, “How is it broken down! they wail! How hath Moab tutored the back in shame! Yea, Moab is become a laughter and a terror Jeremiah 17:17 to all who are round about him.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39The Lord's judgment of Moab would make nearby countries realize they could face similar ruin as punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. it--Moab. How ... how--prodigious, yet sure to happen. turned the back--not daring to show her face. derision ... dismaying to all--a derision to some; a dismaying to others in beholding such a judgment of God, fearing a like fate for themselves.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Broken
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings