Jeremiah 48:17
Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
Cross References
Isaiah 10:5Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand [is] Mine indignation.
Isaiah 14:6He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!
Jeremiah 9:17Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,
Jeremiah 48:39How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.
Zechariah 11:10And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that 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 →