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My heart is broken for the men of Kir-hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; <i>mine heart</i> shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I will wail for Moab, For all of Moab I will cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore I shall wail for Moab, Even for all Moab shall I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I will wail over Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab. I will sigh <i>and</i> mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I will wail over Moab. I will cry out for Moab, all of it; he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I will wail over Moab. I will cry out for Moab, all of it; he will moan for the men of Kir-heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So I will cry and mourn for Moab and its town of Kir-Heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore will I howl for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And so I will weep for everyone in Moab and for the people of Kir Heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, I'll wail for Moab, and for the whole of Moab I'll cry out, for the men of Kir-heres I'll moan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />therefore I will wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab; I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I howl for Moab, even for Moab—all of it, "" I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it mourns,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this I will wait for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; it shall grieve for the men of Kirheres.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For this reason, I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out to all of Moab, to the men on the brick wall who are lamenting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And so I wail over Moab, over all Moab I cry, over the people of Kir-heres I moan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the people of Kir-heres I mourn.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore wail for Moab; they cry out for all Moab from every place; for they shall devise evil against the men who dwell in his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, wail for Moab and all from every place! Cry out for Moab and against the men who dwell in his house! They shall be scheming evil<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore will I wail for Moab; Yea, I will cry out for all Moab; For the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men <i>in</i> a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14501" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">The Judgment on Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3213.htm" title="3213: ’ă·yê·lîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To howl, make a howling. A primitive root; to howl or yell.">I will wail</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">Moab;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: ’ez·‘āq (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">I will cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōh (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: ū·lə·mō·w·’āḇ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">of Moab;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1897.htm" title="1897: yeh·geh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To moan, growl, utter, speak, muse. A primitive root; to murmur; by implication, to ponder.">I will moan</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/7025.htm" title="7025: qîr-Or Qiyr Chareseth; from qiyr and cheres; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7025.htm" title="7025: ḥe·reś (N-proper-fs) -- Or Qiyr Chareseth; from qiyr and cheres; fortress of earthenware; Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth, a place in Moab.">of Kir-heres.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></span><br />My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9-11</a></span><br />So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. / Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering. / Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2-4</a></span><br />A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” / Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see. / My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Ezekiel 27:31</a></span><br />They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Ezekiel 32:18</a></span><br />“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Amos 1:13-15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory. / So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest. / Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-11</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm">Lamentations 1:16</a></span><br />For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11</a></span><br />My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-48.htm">Lamentations 3:48-49</a></span><br />Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. / My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2</a></span><br />I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></span><br />Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">2 Corinthians 2:4</a></span><br />For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.</p><p class="hdg">will I howl</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></b></br> My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives <i>shall flee</i> unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7-11</a></b></br> Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely <i>they are</i> stricken… </p><p class="hdg">Kir-heres</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Jeremiah 48:36</a></b></br> Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches <i>that</i> he hath gotten are perished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-25.htm">2 Kings 3:25</a></b></br> And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about <i>it</i>, and smote it.</p><p class="hdg">Kar-haraseth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a></b></br> Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely <i>they are</i> stricken.</p><p class="hdg">Kir-hareseth </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Hareseth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-6.htm">Kir</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Kirheres</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Kir-Heres</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Kir-He'res</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Moan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-17.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Wail</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-38.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Hareseth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kir</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kirheres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kir-Heres</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Kir-He'res</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Moan</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Wail</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">for their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">for their carnal confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">and for their contempt of God and his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">The restoration of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The wailing signifies God's sorrow over the impending judgment due to Moab's pride and idolatry. Historically, Moab was located east of the Dead Sea, and its people were descendants of Lot. The lamentation reflects God's compassion even in judgment, similar to Jesus weeping over Jerusalem in <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a>.<p><b>I will cry out for all of Moab;</b><br>The repetition of lamentation emphasizes the totality of Moab's destruction. This cry is not just for a part but for the entire nation, indicating the comprehensive nature of the judgment. It parallels the cries of the prophets for Israel and Judah, showing that God's justice is impartial. The cry also reflects the prophetic tradition of mourning for nations, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/15.htm">Isaiah 15-16</a>.<p><b>I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.</b><br>Kir-heres, also known as Kir of Moab, was a significant city in Moab, often associated with its strength and fortifications. The moaning for its men highlights the personal and communal loss that will be experienced. This city is mentioned in <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a>, where similar lamentations are expressed. The moaning signifies the depth of the calamity, akin to the mourning for the loss of a loved one, and points to the broader theme of divine judgment leading to repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>An ancient kingdom located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel. Moab is frequently mentioned in the Bible as a nation that turned away from God and faced His judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/kir-heres.htm">Kir-heres</a></b><br>A significant city in Moab, known for its strong fortifications. It is often associated with Moab's strength and pride.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages of judgment and hope to the nations, including Moab. His lamentation reflects God's sorrow over Moab's impending destruction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_in_judgment.htm">God's Compassion in Judgment</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God expresses sorrow for the nations. This reflects His compassionate nature and desire for repentance rather than destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Moab's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. Trusting in one's own strength rather than God leads to ruin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_lament.htm">Intercessory Lament</a></b><br>Jeremiah's lament for Moab encourages believers to intercede for those who are far from God, praying for their repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">The Universality of God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's judgment on Moab demonstrates His sovereignty over all nations, not just Israel. His moral standards apply universally.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>While the prophecy is one of destruction, it also implies the possibility of redemption for those who turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_later_mentions_fit_moab's_prophecy.htm">If Jeremiah 48:42 says Moab will cease to be a people, how do later mentions of Moab or its descendants fit with this prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._48_11_conflict_with_moab's_history.htm">Does Jeremiah 48:11 conflict with historical accounts that suggest Moab did not always remain complacent or at peace?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_jeremiah's_global_impact.htm">Jeremiah 1:10 - Why is there no clear historical record of Jeremiah achieving the massive global influence implied in this verse?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Therefore will I howl for Moab.</span>--The changes of person are remarkable. The "I" that speaks is neither Jehovah nor the prophet, but the unnamed mourner, who in the next clause appears in the third person ("she shall mourn," the English "mine heart" having no equivalent in the Hebrew) as the representative of those who mourn for Moab. In <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm" title="And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.">Jeremiah 48:33</a>, "I have caused wine to fail" appears as the utterance of Jehovah. In <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm" title="Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.">Isaiah 16:7</a>, of which the whole passage is a free reproduction, Moab is named as the mourner. Possibly, however, Jeremiah in his sympathy may speak here in his own person.<p><span class= "bld">For the men of Kir-heres.</span>--The name appears in <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm" title="Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.">Isaiah 16:7</a> as Kirhareseth, and is probably identical with the "Kir of Moab" of <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm" title="The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;">Isaiah 15:1</a>. The place was obviously an important stronghold. The Targum on Isaiah and Jeremiah renders it by <span class= "ital">Crac, </span>and this has led to its being identified with the modern <span class= "ital">Kerak, </span>occupying a strong position on one of the Moabite mountains to the south-east of the Dead Sea. The name, which signifies "City of the Sun," may indicate its connection with that form of nature-worship.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - Based upon <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Therefore</span>. Moab cannot escape the catastrophe, for his moral basis is utterly insecure. "Therefore," etc. <span class="cmt_word">Will I howl.</span> It is at first sight strange that the prophet should speak thus sympathetically after the strong language in ver. 26. But the fact is that an inspired prophet has, as it were, a double personality. Sometimes his human feelings seem quite lost in the consciousness of his message; sometimes (and especially in Jeremiah) the natural, emotional life refuses to be thus restrained, and will have itself expressed. <span class="cmt_word">All Moab;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Moab in all its districts, both north and south of the Amen, or, at any rate, the fugitive populations. Mine heart <span class="cmt_word">shall mourn.</span> The Authorized Version effaces one of the points of difference between Jeremiah and his original. The former leaves the subject indefinite - <span class="accented">one shall mourn.</span> For the men of Kir-heres. <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a> has "for the raisin cakes of Kir-heres" (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> for the cakes of pressed grapes, for which Kir-heres was specially famous) - a much more expressive phrase. Jeremiah, <span class="accented">or his scribe</span>, has changed <span class="accented">ashishe</span> into <span class="accented">anshe</span>, and the Targum and Septuagint have adopted this weak reading in Isaiah, <span class="accented">l.c.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will wail</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲיֵלִ֔יל</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·yê·lîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3213.htm">Strong's 3213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To howl, make a howling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moab;</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will cry out</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶזְעָ֑ק</span> <span class="translit">(’ez·‘āq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for all</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלֹּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Moab;</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמוֹאָ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will moan</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶהְגֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(yeh·geh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1897.htm">Strong's 1897: </a> </span><span class="str2">To moan, growl, utter, speak, muse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the men</span><br /><span class="heb">אַנְשֵׁ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’an·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Kir-heres.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֖רֶשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7025.htm">Strong's 7025: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kir-hareseth -- 'wall of earthenware', a fortified city in Moab</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Jeremiah 48:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:31 Therefore will I wail for Moab (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>