Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore doth my heart sound like a flute for Moab, And for the men of Ker-heres doth my heart sound like a flute; For the remnant of their substance is perished.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
37Every head is bald, And every beard shorn; Upon all hands are cutting, And upon the loins sackcloth.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:22The good man leaveth his substance to his children's children; But the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, — riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt.
Isaiah 15:7Wherefore the remnant of their substance and their wealth They shall carry to the brook of willows.
Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy and glorious habitation! Where is thy zeal and thy might? Thy pity and compassion for me, are they restrained?
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; In the midst of his days shall he leave them, And in his latter end find himself a fool.
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 →