Jeremiah 48:39
How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him.”
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Jeremiah 48:17All you who are around Moab, wail; and all you who know its fame, 1 shout this, 'Woe, the strong staff, the honored rod, has been broken.' 1
Lamentations 1:1The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. 1 She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. 1 She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. 1
Lamentations 4:1The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed! 1 The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street. 1
Revelation 18:9The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and went out of control with her will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
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 →