Jeremiah 48:39

Jeremiah 48:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
• New International Version (NIV)“How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall wail: ‘How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame!’ So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her.”

Context of Jeremiah 48:39

37For 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. “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. 41Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 48:39 word by word

אֵ֥יךְ חַ֙תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ הִפְנָה־עֹ֥רֶף מוֹאָ֖ב בּ֑וֹשׁ וְהָיָ֥ה מוֹאָ֛ב לִשְׂחֹ֥ק וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה לְכָל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

• Howאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• shatteredחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• they have wailedיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• has turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• his backעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• he isבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• will becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a laughingstockשְׂחֹקώechôq ώechôq · laughterH7814
• objectמְחִתָּהmechittâh · terrorH4288
• to allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:39

• Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all you who live around him, And all of you who know his name; Say, ‘How the mighty scepter has been broken, A staff of splendor!’
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That once had many people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has hurled The glory of Israel from heaven to earth, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.
• Lamentations 4:1How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are spilled out At the corner of every street.
• Revelation 18:9“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
• Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 26:16Then all the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, and be appalled at you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Literally, “How is it broken down! they wail! How hath Moab tutored the back in shame! Yea, Moab is become a laughter and a terror Jeremiah 17:17 to all who are round about him.”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. 39The Lord's judgment of Moab would make nearby countries realize they could face similar ruin as punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. it--Moab. How ... how--prodigious, yet sure to happen. turned the back--not daring to show her face. derision ... dismaying to all--a derision to some; a dismaying to others in beholding such a judgment of God, fearing a like fate for themselves.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
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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