God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 48:31
31That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
Jeremiah 48:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
Context of Jeremiah 48:31
29“We have heard about the arrogance of Moab’s people. They are very arrogant. They are very arrogant, conceited, and boastful. 30I know how arrogant they are,” declares the Lord, “but it isn’t right. They brag and don’t do what they say. That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. 32I will cry for you as Jazer cries. I will cry for you, grapevines of Sibmah. Your branches ⌞once⌟ spread as far as the sea, and they reached as far as the sea of Jazer. The destroyer will destroy your ripened fruits and your grapes. 33Joy and gladness have disappeared from the orchards and fields of Moab. I will stop the wine flowing from the winepresses. No one will stomp on grapes with shouts of joy. There will be shouts, but not shouts of joy.
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:31 word by word
עַל־כֵּן֙ עַל־מוֹאָ֣ב אֲיֵלִ֔יל וּלְמוֹאָ֥ב כֻּלֹּ֖ה אֶזְעָ֑ק אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י קִֽיר־חֶ֖רֶשׂ יֶהְגֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:31
- Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab. Its people flee as far as Zoar at Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the mountain road to Luhith. They cry loudly over the destruction on the way to Horonaim.
- Isaiah 16:7That is why Moab will wail. Everyone will wail for Moab. Mourn and grieve over the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
- Jeremiah 48:36“That is why I moan for Moab like a flute. I sound like a flute for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they gained has disappeared.
- 2 Kings 3:25Then Israel tore down the cities, each man throwing rocks on every good field until it was covered. They sealed every well and cut down every good tree. Only the stones ⌞in the walls⌟ of Kir Hareseth were left. Soldiers surrounded Kir Hareseth and attacked it with slings and stones.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:31
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Mine heart - Rather, “there shall be mourning for” etc.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. 31The Lord punished Moab and other nations for their sins, but this made him mourn. Kir-hareseth was the capital city of Moab.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. I will cry ... for ... Moab--Not that it deserves pity, but the prophet's "crying" for it vividly represents the greatness of the calamity. Kir-heres--Kir-hareseth, in Is 16:7; see on Is 16:7. It means "the city of potters," or else "the city of the sun" [Grotius]. Here "the men of Kir-heres" are substituted for "the foundations of Kir-hareseth," in Is 16:7. The change answers probably to the different bearing of the disaster under Nebuchadnezzar, as…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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