Jeremiah 48:17

All ye who are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye who know his name, say, How the strong staff has broken, the beautiful rod!

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

In Context

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

18O thou daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against thee. He has destroyed thy strongholds.

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:5Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Isaiah 14:6who smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Jeremiah 9:17Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.

Jeremiah 48:39How it is broken down! [How] they do wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So Moab shall become a derision and a horror to all who are round about him.

Zechariah 11:10And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47

The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →

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