Jeremiah 48:39

Jeremiah 48:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They 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.
• New International Version (NIV)“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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“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.”

Context of Jeremiah 48:39

37For every head is bald, every beard clipped, on all the hands are gashes, and around the waist sackcloth. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in its squares— lamentation everywhere! For I have broken Moab like a jar In which no one delights” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “‘How shattered it is!’ they wailed! ‘How Moab turned his back in shame!’ So Moab will become a laughingstock and a horror to all around him.” 40For thus says Adonai: “Behold, he will swoop down like a vulture and spread out his wings against Moab. 41The towns are captured, the strongholds seized. The hearts of Moab’s warriors in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 48:39 word by word

אֵ֥יךְ חַ֙תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ הִפְנָה־עֹ֥רֶף מוֹאָ֖ב בּ֑וֹשׁ וְהָיָ֥ה מוֹאָ֛ב לִשְׂחֹ֥ק וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה לְכָל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• How is it broken downחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• how hath Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• the backעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• with shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• be a derisionשְׂחֹקώechôq ώechôq · laughterH7814
• and a dismayingמְחִתָּהmechittâh · terrorH4288
• to all them aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:39

• Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all who are around him, all who know his name. Say: ‘How the mighty scepter, the splendid rod, is broken!’
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She who was once great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer.
• Lamentations 2:1How my Lord has clouded over the daughter of Zion in His anger! He hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth. He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.
• Lamentations 4:1How dulled is the gold, how tarnished the fine gold. The sacred gems are poured out at the corner of every street.
• Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and indulged in luxury with her shall weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning—
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, for he exalted himself against Adonai. So Moab will wallow in his vomit and also become a laughingstock.
• Isaiah 20:4so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to Egypt’s shame.
• Ezekiel 26:16Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones. They will cast aside their robes. They will take off their richly woven garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground. They will tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Literally, “How is it broken down! they wail! How hath Moab tutored the back in shame! Yea, Moab is become a laughter and a terror Jeremiah 17:17 to all who are round about him.”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. 39The Lord's judgment of Moab would make nearby countries realize they could face similar ruin as punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. it--Moab. How ... how--prodigious, yet sure to happen. turned the back--not daring to show her face. derision ... dismaying to all--a derision to some; a dismaying to others in beholding such a judgment of God, fearing a like fate for themselves.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Broken
• 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