Jeremiah 48:38
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
KJV
super omnia tecta Moab, et in plateis ejus, omnis planctus : quoniam contrivi Moab sicut vas inutile, ait Dominus.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
עַ֣ל כָּל גַּגּ֥וֹת מוֹאָ֛ב וּ/בִ/רְחֹבֹתֶ֖י/הָ כֻּלֹּ֣/ה מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי אֶת מוֹאָ֗ב כִּ/כְלִ֛י אֵֽין חֵ֥פֶץ בּ֖/וֹ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 22:1 — The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- Jer 22:28 — Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- Jer 22:28 — Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- Jer 25:34 — Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant v
- Jer 48:12 — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
- Ps 60:2 — Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.