Jeremiah 48:36 “Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a fl…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like flutes, and my heart sounds like flutes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore mine heart shall sounde for Moab like a shaume, and mine heart shall sound like a shaume for the men of Ker-heres, because the riches that he hath gotten, is perished.

Darby Translation

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres; because the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

Bible in Basic English

So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.

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Cross references

“mine heart”

Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 15:5 Jeremiah 4:19 Isaiah 63:15

Isaiah 16:11 · BSB

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

Isaiah 15:5 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 4:19 · BSB

My 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 of battle.

Isaiah 63:15 · BSB

Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

“the riches”

Isaiah 15:7 Jeremiah 17:11 Proverbs 11:4 Proverbs 13:22 Proverbs 18:11 Ecclesiastes 5:13

Isaiah 15:7 · BSB

So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.

Jeremiah 17:11 · BSB

Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 13:22 · BSB

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

Proverbs 18:11 · BSB

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 · BSB

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.

37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Read Jeremiah 48