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 Living Translation (NLT)There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.

Context of Jeremiah 48:38

36Therefore 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. 37“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped; On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth— 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. 39“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.” 40For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• lamentationמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
• generally upon all the housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• and in the streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• thereof: for I have brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• like a vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• no pleasureחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:38

• Isaiah 15:3In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.
• Isaiah 22:1The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
• Jeremiah 22:28“Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol— A vessel in which is no pleasure? Why are they cast out, he and his descendants, And cast into a land which they do not know?
• Jeremiah 25:34“Wail, shepherds, and cry! Roll about in the ashes, You leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; You shall fall like a precious vessel.
• Psalms 2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
• Isaiah 30:14And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.”
• Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
• Romans 9:21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
• 2 Timothy 2:20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
• Revelation 2:27‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received 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