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.
• 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—
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap.

Context of Jeremiah 48:37

35In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods,” declares the Lord. 36“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. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth. 38On 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. 39“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.”

Jeremiah 48:37 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For every headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• baldקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• and every beardזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• clippedגָּרַעgâra‛ · diminishH1639
• upon all the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• cuttingsגְּדוּדgedûd gedûdâh · furrowH1417
• and upon the loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:37

• Jeremiah 16:6“Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.
• Jeremiah 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.
• Jeremiah 47:5Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?
• Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.
• Ezekiel 27:31They will shave their heads because of you and will put on sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and with bitter mourning.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
• Micah 1:16Shave your head in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourself as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.
• Leviticus 19:28“ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
• 1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
• Mark 5:5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
• Genesis 37:29When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
• 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.
• 2 Kings 6:30When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth on his body.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped 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