Jeremiah 48:17

Jeremiah 48:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
• New International Version (NIV)Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Grieve for him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name; say, 'How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bemoan him, all you who are around him; And all you who know his name, Say, ‘How the strong staff is broken, The beautiful rod!’

Context of Jeremiah 48:17

15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Yhwh of Armies. 16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

Jeremiah 48:17 word by word

נֻ֤דוּ לוֹ֙ כָּל־סְבִיבָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל יֹדְעֵ֣י שְׁמ֑וֹ אִמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֤ה נִשְׁבַּר֙ מַטֵּה־עֹ֔ז מַקֵּ֖ל תִּפְאָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• All ye that are aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• him, bemoanנוּדnûd · to wanderH5110
• him; and all ye that knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• How is the strongעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• staffמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the beautifulתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• rodמַקֵּלmaqqêl maqqelâh · rodH4731

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:17

• Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
• Jeremiah 9:17Thus saith Yhwh of Armies, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
• Revelation 18:14And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
• Jeremiah 48:39They 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.
• Isaiah 9:4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isaiah 14:4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Ezekiel 19:11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
• Zechariah 11:10And I took my staff, even Grace, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17How is the strong staff broken - The scepter. The sovereignty of Moab is destroyed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The lamentation over Moab uttered by those “round about him,” i. e., the neighboring nations, and those “that know his name,” nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a people, takes the form of an elegy. The metaphorical expressions, “staff of strength,” and “rod” or “scepter of beauty,” indicate the union of power and splendor in the Moabite kingdom.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. 1-47Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. bemoan--Not that Moab deserves pity, but this mode of expression pictures more vividly the grievousness of Moab's calamities. all ye that know his name--those at a greater distance whom the fame of Moab's "name" had reached, as distinguished from those "about him," that is, near. strong staff ... rod--Moab is so called as striking terror into and oppressing other peoples (Is 9:4; 14:4, 5); also because of its dignity and power (Psa 110:2; Zec 11:7).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• King; Kingdom

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