God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 48:32
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.
Jeremiah 48:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
- New International Version (NIV)I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached to the Sea of Jazer; on your summer fruits and your grapes the destroyer has fallen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the sea, They reach to the sea of Jazer. The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
Context of Jeremiah 48:32
30I know how arrogant they are,” declares the Lord, “but it isn’t right. They brag and don’t do what they say. 31That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. I 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. 34“The cry will be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz. It will be heard from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the streams of Nimrim will dry up.
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מִבְּכִ֨י יַעְזֵ֤ר אֶבְכֶּה־לָּךְ֙ הַגֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֔ה נְטִֽישֹׁתַ֙יִךְ֙ עָ֣בְרוּ יָ֔ם עַ֛ד יָ֥ם יַעְזֵ֖ר נָגָ֑עוּ עַל־קֵיצֵ֥ךְ וְעַל־בְּצִירֵ֖ךְ שֹׁדֵ֥ד נָפָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- O vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
- of Sibmahשְׂבָםώebâm ώibmâh · SibmahH7643
- I will weepבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
- for thee with the weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
- of Jazerיַעְזֵרya‛ăzêyr ya‛zêr · JazerH3270
- thy plantsנְטִישָׁהneţîyshâh · tendrilH5189
- are gone overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- they reachנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- of Jazerיַעְזֵרya‛ăzêyr ya‛zêr · (Sea of) JazerH3270
- the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- is fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- upon thy summer fruitsקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
- and upon thy vintageבָּצִירbâtsîyr · vintageH1210
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:32
- Numbers 32:38Nebo, Baal Meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. These are the names they gave the cities they rebuilt.
- Joshua 13:19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain in the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8The fields of Heshbon and the vineyards of Sibmah wither. Rulers of the nations have cut off their grapes. The grapevines ⌞once⌟ reached as far as Jazer and strayed out into the desert. Their shoots had spread out over the sea.
- Numbers 21:32After Moses sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its cities and villages and forced out the Amorites who were there.
- Jeremiah 22:1This is what the Lord says: Go to the palace of the king of Judah, and speak this message there:
- Joshua 21:39Heshbon, and Jazer.
- Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape. The valley will be destroyed, and the plain will be laid waste as the Lord has threatened.
- Jeremiah 40:10I’m going to live in Mizpah and represent you when the Babylonians come to us. Gather grapes, summer fruit, and olive oil, and put them in storage jars. Live in the cities you have taken over.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32O vine of Sibmah - See on Isaiah 16:8; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Or, “More than the weeping of Jazer” over its ruined vineyards “will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah.” Compare the marginal reference. Jazer lies in an upland valley about 15 miles north of Heshbon. Thy plants - “Thy branches are gone over the sea, i. e.” the power of Moab is felt even on the western side of the Dead Sea; “they reached 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. 32The tribe of Reuben conquered and rebuilt Sibmah and Jazer (Numbers 32:3, 38; Joshua 13:19). They turned the high plateau east of the Dead Sea into vineyards.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. with the weeping--with the same weeping as Jazer, now vanquished, wept with for the destruction of its vines. The same calamity shall befall thee, Sibmah, as befell Jazer. The Hebrew preposition here is different from that in Is 16:9, for which reason Maurer translates, "with more than the weeping of Jazer." English Version understands it of the continuation of the weeping; after they have wept for Jazer, fresh subject of lamentation will present…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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