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Jeremiah 48:31

in Jeremiah 48

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

This verse in Jeremiah 48

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity

on Jeremiah 48:29-39

Moab’s pride is named in a string of words: “his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.” Much of this section follows Isaiah 15 and 16. The LORD mourns in His sentence, “I will wail for Moab,” and “My heart laments like a flute for Moab.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Therefore will I howl for Moab,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Mine heart ... - Rather, “there shall be mourning for” etc.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּן֙-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מוֹאָ֣בMoab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • אֲיֵלִ֔ילI will wail

    ʾayelilH3213 →30 times

  • וּלְמוֹאָ֥בand for Moab

    ulemoavH4124 →181 times

  • כֻּלֹּ֖הall of it

    kulohH3605 →5413 times

  • אֶזְעָ֑קI will cry out

    ʾezakH2199 →73 times

  • אֶל־concerning

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] people of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • קִֽיר־Kir

    kir-H7025 →10 times

  • חֶ֖רֶשׂHeres

    cheresH7025 →10 times

  • יֶהְגֶּֽה׃he will groan

    yehgehH1897 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • 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.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 16:11

      Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

      Reached by 2 separate 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…

    it 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.

    it 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.

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.