Revised Version 1895
Jeremiah 48:38
38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
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 King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Jeremiah 48:38
36Therefore mine heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and mine heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished. 37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 39How is it broken down! how do they howl! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a dismaying to all that are round about him. 40For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 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
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- housetopsגָּגgâg · roofH1406
- Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
- lamentationמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
- whereעַל‛al · uponH5921
- brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- pleasureחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
- LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:38
- Isaiah 15:3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth: on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping abundantly.
- Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
- Jeremiah 25:34Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter are fully come, and I will break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
- Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Isaiah 30:14And he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the cistern.
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
- Romans 9:21Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
- 2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honour, and some unto dishonour.
- Revelation 2:27and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of 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
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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
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