Jeremiah 48:36
in Jeremiah 48Therefore 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
KJV
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseTherefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes,.... That are sounded on mournful occasions, as at funerals, and the like; see Mat 9:23. This the prophet said, as Kimchi observes, in the person of the people, the inhabitants of Moab; whose hearts would yearn and sound for the calamities of their country like the doleful sound of minstrels.
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 Awakening2 voices
The ruin of sinners is no pleasure to God, and therefore should be a pain to us; even those that give warning of it should lay it to heart. These passages, and many others in this chapter, are much the same with what Isaiah had used in his prophecies against Moab ( Isa. xv.
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): The riches that he has gotten have perished, though he thought he had laid them up very safely, and promised himself a long enjoyment of them, yet they are gone. Note, The money that is hoarded in the chest is as liable to perishing as the summer-fruits that lie exposed in the open field.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Like pipes - A wind instrument, used at funerals Mat 9:23. The riches that he hath gotten - literally, “that which remains over, a superfluity.”
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Isa 16:11). like pipes--a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning. riches . . . gotten--literally, the abundance . . . that which is over and above the necessaries of life. GROTIUS translates, "They who have been left remaining shall perish"; they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֞ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| לִבִּ֤י | libi | heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| לְמוֹאָב֙ | lemoav | for Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים | kachalilim | like flutes | H2485 → | |
| יֶהֱמֶ֔ה | yehemeh | it will groan | H1993 → | 34 times |
| וְלִבִּי֙ | velibi | and heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | concerning | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | [the] people of | H582 → | 566 times |
| קִֽיר־ | kir- | Kir | H7025 → | 10 times |
| חֶ֔רֶשׂ | cheres | Heres | H7025 → | 10 times |
| כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים | kachalilim | like flutes | H2485 → | |
| יֶהֱמֶ֑ה | yehemeh | it will groan | H1993 → | 34 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יִתְרַ֥ת | yitrat | [the] wealth | H3502 → | |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | <of> [which] he acquired | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אָבָֽדוּ׃ | ʾavadu | they will be lost | H6 → | 184 times |
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֞ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
לִבִּ֤יheart my
libiH3820 →595 times
לְמוֹאָב֙for Moab
lemoavH4124 →181 times
כַּחֲלִלִ֣יםlike flutes
kachalilimH2485 →
יֶהֱמֶ֔הit will groan
yehemehH1993 →34 times
וְלִבִּי֙and heart my
velibiH3820 →595 times
אֶל־concerning
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] people of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
קִֽיר־Kir
kir-H7025 →10 times
חֶ֔רֶשׂHeres
cheresH7025 →10 times
כַּחֲלִילִ֖יםlike flutes
kachalilimH2485 →
יֶהֱמֶ֑הit will groan
yehemehH1993 →34 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
יִתְרַ֥ת[the] wealth
yitratH3502 →
עָשָׂ֖ה<of> [which] he acquired
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אָבָֽדוּ׃they will be lost
ʾavaduH6 →184 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
- Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not…
- Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Habakkuk 3:16
Through
Isaiah 15:5My 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 48:5
Through
Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
it leads to
- 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.
- Philippians 2:1
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
- Isaiah 15:5
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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.