English Standard Version
Jeremiah 48:38
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 48:38 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.
Context of Jeremiah 48:38
36Therefore 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. On 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. 39How 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." 40For thus says the Lord: "Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:38 word by word
עַ֣ל כָּל־גַּגּ֥וֹת מוֹאָ֛ב וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָ כֻּלֹּ֣ה מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי אֶת־מוֹאָ֗ב כִּכְלִ֛י אֵֽין־חֵ֥פֶץ בּ֖וֹ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- lamentationמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
- generally upon all the housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- and in the streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
- thereof: for I have brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- like a vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- no pleasureחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:38
- Isaiah 15:3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
- Isaiah 22:1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
- Jeremiah 25:34"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
- Psalms 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
- Isaiah 30:14and its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a shard is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
- Romans 9:21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
- 2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
- Revelation 2:27and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:38
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Generally - Rather, entirely.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. 34-39These verses describe the impact of the Lord's judgment on the Moabite people. The Moabite towns mentioned were along small rivers flowing east into the Dead Sea.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3838. vessel ... no pleasure--(See on Jr 22:28); a vessel cast aside by the potter as refuse, not answering his design.Read the comment
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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
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