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For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>There shall be</i> lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which <i>is</i> no pleasure,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in its public squares there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,&#8221 declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />On all the rooftops of Moab and in its open squares there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation (expressions of grief for the dead) everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the LORD’s declaration.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.&#8221 This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People in Moab will mourn on every rooftop and in every street. There will be mourning everywhere, because I will break Moab like a jar that no one wants," declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets there will be nothing but mourning, for I'll break Moab like a vessel that no one wants," declares the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the LORD, affirm it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights,' says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />There shall be lamentation generally upon all the house-tops of Moab, and in its streets: for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, "" All of it—lamentation, "" For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure,” "" A declaration of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Upon all the roof of Moab, and in the streets altogether lamentation: for I brake Moab as a vessel, no delight in it, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Over all the rooftops of Moab, and in its streets, everyone will mourn. For I have crushed Moab like a useless vessel, says the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On all the rooftops of Moab and in all its squares there is mourning. I have shattered Moab like a pot that no one wants—oracle of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel that no one wants, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And upon all the housetops of Moab and in all the streets there is mourning, for I have broken Moab like a useless vessel, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And upon all the rooftops of Moab and in the streets, all are mourning, because I broke Moab like a vessel; there is no benefit in it, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof There is lamentation every where; For I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, Saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets <i>shall be mourning</i>: for I have broken <i>him</i>, saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14590" 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">37</span>For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth. <span class="reftext">38</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.">On</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: gag·gō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">the rooftops</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. ">of Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: ū·ḇir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hā (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">and in the public squares,</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.">everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/4553.htm" title="4553: mis·pêḏ (N-ms) -- A wailing. From caphad; a lamentation.">is mourning;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: šā·ḇar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">I have shattered</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656: ḥê·p̄eṣ (N-ms) -- Delight, pleasure. From chaphets; pleasure; hence desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence a matter.">like an unwanted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kiḵ·lî (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">jar,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”…<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/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-3</a></span><br />Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Isaiah 16:7</a></span><br />Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Ezekiel 27:30-31</a></span><br />They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. / 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="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></span><br />The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a></span><br />They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a></span><br />Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hosea 9:4</a></span><br />They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8</a></span><br />Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<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/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13</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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">There shall be lamentation generally on all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, said the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">upon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Isaiah 15:3</a></b></br> In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Isaiah 22:1</a></b></br> The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?</p><p class="hdg">broken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Jeremiah 22:28</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> this man Coniah a despised broken idol? <i>is he</i> a vessel wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Jeremiah 25:34</a></b></br> Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves <i>in the ashes</i>, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a></b></br> Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-25.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-17.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Everywhere</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Generally</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Housetops</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">House-Tops</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-27.htm">Public</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Roofs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-21.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Undesirable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-3.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Cares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-43.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Everywhere</a> <a href="/acts/17-2.htm">Generally</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Housetops</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">House-Tops</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm">Places</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-24.htm">Public</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Roofs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-26.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/acts/15-38.htm">Undesirable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-4.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Wherein</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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In the context of Moab, a nation often in conflict with Israel, this imagery suggests a widespread and public display of mourning or desolation. The rooftops, once places of social gathering and religious observance, are now sites of lamentation. Historically, Moab was a neighboring nation east of the Dead Sea, frequently mentioned in the Old Testament for its idolatry and opposition to Israel. The use of "all" emphasizes the totality of the judgment pronounced upon Moab, indicating that no part of the nation will be spared from the coming devastation.<p><b>and in its public squares</b><br />Public squares were central to community life in ancient cities, serving as places for trade, legal proceedings, and social interaction. The mention of mourning in these areas underscores the comprehensive nature of Moab's calamity. It is not confined to private spaces but is a national crisis affecting every aspect of public life. The public squares, once bustling with activity, are now silent witnesses to Moab's downfall. This reflects the thoroughness of God's judgment, as prophesied by Jeremiah, and serves as a warning to all nations about the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>there is nothing but mourning</b><br />The phrase "nothing but mourning" conveys a sense of utter desolation and hopelessness. Mourning in the ancient world involved specific rituals, including wearing sackcloth, weeping, and lamentation, often as a response to death or disaster. The absence of any other activity highlights the severity of Moab's situation. This mourning is not just personal but communal, affecting the entire nation. It serves as a poignant reminder of the consequences of sin and rebellion against God, as Moab had persistently engaged in idolatry and opposed God's people.<p><b>for I have broken Moab like a jar</b><br />The imagery of breaking Moab "like a jar" is a powerful metaphor for complete destruction. In ancient times, jars were essential household items, used for storing water, oil, or grain. Once broken, they were irreparable and useless. This metaphor signifies the totality of Moab's judgment, as God declares His sovereign power to dismantle nations. The breaking of the jar symbolizes the shattering of Moab's strength, pride, and security. It serves as a vivid illustration of divine retribution, emphasizing that no nation can withstand God's judgment when it persists in sin.<p><b>declares the LORD</b><br />The phrase "declares the LORD" is a solemn affirmation of divine authority and certainty. It underscores that the message is not merely Jeremiah's opinion but a pronouncement from God Himself. This declaration assures the reader of the truth and inevitability of the prophecy. In the broader biblical context, when God speaks, His words are powerful and effective, bringing about what they declare. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the reliability of His promises, both of judgment and of salvation. It calls believers to trust in God's word and align their lives with His will.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">Upon all the housetops of Moab.</span>--The flat roof of Eastern houses was the natural gathering place of men in a time of panic and distress, as it was, in a time of peace, for prayer or meditation, or even for festive meetings. So in <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm" title="The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops?">Isaiah 22:1</a>, the city described as "the valley of vision" (Samaria or Jerusalem) is represented as "gone up to the house tops."<p><span class= "bld">I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure.</span>--The image is one with which the prophet had made men familiar by his symbolic act in <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm" title="Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you,">Jeremiah 19:10</a>. So Coniah was "a vessel wherein is no pleasure" (<a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm" title="Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?">Jeremiah 22:28</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 38.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Lamentation generally;</span> literally, <span class="accented">all of it is lamentation</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> nothing else is to be heard. <span class="cmt_word">Like a vessel,</span> etc. For this figure, see on ch. 22:28 (Jeremiah repeats himself). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-38.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">On</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ל</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">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<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">the rooftops</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּגּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(gag·gō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roof, the top of an altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָ֛ב</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">and in the public squares,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> </span><span class="str2">A broad open place, plaza</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלֹּ֣ה</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">is mourning;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסְפֵּ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(mis·pêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4553.htm">Strong's 4553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamentation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have shattered</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָ֗ב</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">like an unwanted</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֥פֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·p̄eṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2656.htm">Strong's 2656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">jar,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּכְלִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kiḵ·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Jeremiah 48:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:38 On all the housetops of Moab (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:39" /></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>