Jeremiah 48:38

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 48:38

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. 37For every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and sackcloth around the waists. On 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.” 40For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.

Jeremiah 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

• On allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• and in its publicרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• there is mourningמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
• for I have brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• like an undesirableאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• like an undesirableחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:38

• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they have put on sackcloth; On their housetops and in their public squares Everyone is wailing, overcome with weeping.
• Isaiah 22:1The pronouncement concerning the valley of vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
• Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar? Or is he an undesirable vessel? Why have he and his descendants been hurled out And cast into a land that they had not known?
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; Wallow in the dust, you masters of the flock; For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a precious vessel.
• Psalms 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”
• Isaiah 30:14Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a shard will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern.”
• Hosea 8:8Israel has been swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.
• Romans 9:21Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object for honorable use, and another for common use?
• 2 Timothy 2:20Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver implements, but also implements of wood and of earthenware, and some are for honor while others are for dishonor.
• Revelation 2:27and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also 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

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• General; Generally
• Isaiah

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