Jeremiah 48:36

Jeremiah 48:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore 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.

Context of Jeremiah 48:36

34“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now. 35“I will put an end to Moab,” says the Lord, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods. My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared. 37The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap. 38There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.

Jeremiah 48:36 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֞ן לִבִּ֤י לְמוֹאָב֙ כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים יֶהֱמֶ֔ה וְלִבִּי֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י קִֽיר־חֶ֔רֶשׂ כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים יֶהֱמֶ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֛ן יִתְרַ֥ת עָשָׂ֖ה אָבָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore mine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• shall soundהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• for Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• like pipesחָלִילchâlîyl · fluteH2485
• for the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Kir–heresקִיר חֶרֶשׂqîyr chereώ qîyr chăreώeth · Kir-haresethH7025
• because the richesיִתְרָהyithrâh · abundanceH3502
• he hath gottenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• are perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:36

• Jeremiah 4:19My heart, my heart—I writhe in pain! My heart pounds within me! I cannot be still. For I have heard the blast of enemy trumpets and the roar of their battle cries.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
• Isaiah 16:11My heart’s cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp. I am filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth.
• Isaiah 63:15Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?
• Jeremiah 48:31So now I wail for Moab; yes, I will mourn for Moab. My heart is broken for the men of Kir-hareseth.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.
• Proverbs 13:22Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
• Proverbs 18:11The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense; they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.
• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
• Isaiah 15:7The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.
• Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
• James 5:2Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Like pipes - A wind instrument, used at funerals Matthew 9:23. The riches that he hath gotten - literally, “that which remains over, a superfluity.”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. 3636. (See on Is 15:7; Is 16:11). like pipes--a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning. riches ... gotten--literally, the abundance ... that which is over and above the necessaries of life. Grotius translates, "They who have been left remaining shall perish"; they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:36

• Kir-Haraseth
• Riches

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• Moab
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• Moab, Moabite
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• Fear
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• Music, Instrumental
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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