Jeremiah 48:31 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.

KJV

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Kir-heres--Kir-hareseth, in Isa 16:7; see on Isa 16:7. It means "the city of potters," or else "the city of the sun" [GROTIUS]. Here "the men of Kir-heres" are substituted for "the foundations of Kir-hareseth," in Isa 16:7.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּן֙	ken	-fore	H3651 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מוֹאָ֣ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
אֲיֵלִ֔יל	'a.ye.Lil	I will wail	H3213 →
וּלְמוֹאָ֥ב	u.le.mo.'Av	and for Moab	H4124 →
כֻּלֹּ֖ה	ku.Loh	all of it	H3605 →
אֶזְעָ֑ק	'ez.'Ak	I will cry out	H2199 →
אֶל־	'el-	concerning	H413 →
אַנְשֵׁ֥י	'an.Shei	[the] people of	H582 →
קִֽיר־	kir-	Kir	H7025 →
חֶ֖רֶשׂ	Che.res	Heres	H7025 →
יֶהְגֶּֽה׃	yeh.Geh	he will groan	H1897 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
leads to
- Isaiah 16:11
  Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 15:7
  So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
Through
2 Kings 3:25
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones…
leads to
- 2 Kings 3:19
  And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
- Isaiah 16:7
  Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Jeremiah 48:36
  Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
Through
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:5
  For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Jeremiah 4:20
  Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 48:31–36
  Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.