Jeremiah 48:38
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
Isaiah 30:14It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
Romans 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
Revelation 2:27He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.
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 →