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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 48:36

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. 35I will stop those in Moab who come to worship sites, those who bring offerings to their gods,” declares the Lord. “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. 37“Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off. There are gashes on every hand and sackcloth on every waist. 38People in Moab will mourn on every rooftop and in every street. There will be mourning everywhere, because I will break Moab like a jar that no one wants,” 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. My heart is beating wildly! My heart is pounding! I can’t keep quiet because I hear a ram’s horn sounding the alarm for war.
• 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 16:11That is why my heart mourns for Moab like a harp. My soul mourns for Kir Hareseth.
• Isaiah 63:15Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling. Where is your determination and might? Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion? Don’t hold back.
• Jeremiah 48:31That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
• Jeremiah 17:11A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool.”
• Proverbs 11:4Riches are of no help on the day of fury, but righteousness saves from death.
• Proverbs 13:22Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners is stored away for a righteous person.
• Proverbs 18:11A rich person’s wealth is his strong city and is like a high wall in his imagination.
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a painful tragedy that I have seen under the sun: Riches lead to the downfall of those who hoard them.
• Isaiah 15:7That is why they carry the wealth that they have earned and stored up over Willow Ravine.
• Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you’ve accumulated?’
• James 5:2Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.

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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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