Jeremiah 48:36

Jeremiah 48:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
• New International Version (NIV)“So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab, And like flutes My heart shall wail For the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the riches they have acquired have perished.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared.

Context of Jeremiah 48:36

34"From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god. Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished. 37"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:36 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֞ן לִבִּ֤י לְמוֹאָב֙ כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים יֶהֱמֶ֔ה וְלִבִּי֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י קִֽיר־חֶ֔רֶשׂ כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים יֶהֱמֶ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֛ן יִתְרַ֥ת עָשָׂ֖ה אָבָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore mine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• shall soundהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• for Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• like pipesחָלִילchâlîyl · fluteH2485
• for the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Kir–heresקִיר חֶרֶשׂqîyr chereώ qîyr chăreώeth · Kir-haresethH7025
• because the richesיִתְרָהyithrâh · abundanceH3502
• he hath gottenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• are perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:36

• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
• Isaiah 16:11Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
• Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.
• Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
• Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
• Proverbs 18:11A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
• Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
• James 5:2Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Like pipes - A wind instrument, used at funerals Matthew 9:23. The riches that he hath gotten - literally, “that which remains over, a superfluity.”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. 35-37The Moabites showed their sorrow and grief through traditional actions. They shaved their heads and beards, cut their hands, and wore burlap clothing (Jeremiah 41:5; Job 1:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. (See on Is 15:7; Is 16:11). like pipes--a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning. riches ... gotten--literally, the abundance ... that which is over and above the necessaries of life. Grotius translates, "They who have been left remaining shall perish"; they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:36

• Kir-Haraseth
• Riches

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• Moab
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• Moab, Moabite
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• Fear
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• Music, Instrumental
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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