Jeremiah 48:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

They shall howl, saying, 'How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all those around him.

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  • Isa 20:4-6 : 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
  • Jer 48:17 : 17 All you who are around him, bemoan him; and all you who know his name say, 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'
  • Jer 48:26-27 : 26 Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and also he shall be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
  • Lam 1:1 : 1 How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How has she become like a widow! She who was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become a tributary!
  • Lam 2:1 : 1 How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger, and cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger!
  • Lam 4:1 : 1 How has the gold become dim! How is the finest gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.
  • Ezek 26:16-18 : 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!' 18 Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.
  • Rev 18:9-9 : 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall mourn and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come.
  • Rev 18:15-16 : 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, shall stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

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  • Jer 48:13-21
    9 verses
    87%

    13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

    14How do you say, 'We are mighty and strong men for the war'?

    15Moab is plundered, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens quickly.

    17All you who are around him, bemoan him; and all you who know his name say, 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

    18You daughter who inhabits Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon you, and he shall destroy your strongholds.

    19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch; ask him who flees and her who escapes, 'What has happened?'

    20Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

    21Judgment has come upon the plain country: upon Holon, Jahazah, and Mephaath,

  • Jer 48:36-38
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    86%

    36Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres, because the riches he has acquired are perished.

    37For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

    38There shall be lamentation generally upon 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.

  • Jer 48:1-5
    5 verses
    81%

    1Against Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is ruined; Kiriathaim is confounded and captured; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

    2There shall be no more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against it: 'Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.' You too shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you.

    3A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.

    4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry.

    5For on the ascent of Luhith they will go up with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

  • Isa 16:6-7
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    6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

    7Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.

  • Jer 48:40-47
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    40For thus says the LORD: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.

    41Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab in that day shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

    42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.

    43Fear, the pit, and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD.

    44He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit, and he who gets out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says the LORD.

    45Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force; but a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

    46Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive.

    47Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

  • Jer 48:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24And upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the LORD.

    26Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and also he shall be in derision.

  • Jer 48:31
    79%

    31Therefore I will howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

  • Isa 15:8
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    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beerelim.

  • Isa 15:1-5
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    1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.

    2He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

    3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets, everyone shall wail, weeping abundantly.

    4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz; therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.

    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  • Jer 48:8-9
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    77%

    8And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

    9Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

  • Jer 48:33-34
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    33Joy and gladness are taken from the plentiful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses; none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

    34From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh and to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old; for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

  • Jer 48:28-29
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    75%

    28You who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the holes' mouth.

    29We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Zeph 2:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border.

    9Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

    10This they shall have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

  • Isa 16:11-12
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    74%

    11Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh.

    12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

  • Isa 16:14
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    14But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

  • Amos 2:2
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    2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: