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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.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
הָ
h
noun · 43×
ו
v
noun · 324×
חֵ֖פֶץ
chpts
noun · 36×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִסְפֵּ֑ד
mspd
noun · 14×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

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.