Jeremiah 48:37

Jeremiah 48:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
• New International Version (NIV)Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped; On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth—

Context of Jeremiah 48:37

35And I will put an end to Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods. 36“Therefore My heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced. For every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and sackcloth around the waists. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in its public squares there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the Lord. 39“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back--he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

Jeremiah 48:37 word by word

כִּ֤י כָל־רֹאשׁ֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְכָל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרֻעָ֑ה עַ֤ל כָּל־יָדַ֙יִם֙ גְּדֻדֹ֔ת וְעַל־מָתְנַ֖יִם שָֽׂק׃Read the interlinear

• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• baldקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• beardזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• cutגָּרַעgâra‛ · diminishH1639
• there are gashesגְּדוּדgedûd gedûdâh · furrowH1417
• the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the waistsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:37

• Jeremiah 16:6Both great people and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, people will not mourn for them, nor will anyone make cuts on himself or have his head shaved for them.
• Jeremiah 41:5that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off, their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 47:5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been destroyed. Remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself?
• Isaiah 3:24Now it will come about that instead of balsam oil there will be a stench; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.
• Isaiah 15:2The people have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces, and a bald patch on all their heads.
• Ezekiel 27:31Also they will shave themselves bald for you And put on sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.
• Amos 8:10Then I will turn your festivals into mourning, And all your songs into songs of mourning; And I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist, And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
• Micah 1:16Shave yourself bald, yes, cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.
• Leviticus 19:28You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.
• 1 Kings 18:28So they cried out with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until blood gushed out on them.
• Mark 5:5Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones.
• Genesis 37:29Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.
• 1 Kings 21:27Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
• 2 Kings 6:30When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes--and he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37For every head shall be bald - These, as we have seen before, were signs of the deepest distress and desolation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37Cuttings - Compare Jeremiah 16:6, and marginal references.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. 3737. (See on Jr 47:5; Is 15:2, 3). upon all ... hands--that is, arms, in which such cuttings used to be made in token of grief (compare Zec 13:6).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