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Jeremiah 48:39

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

KJV

Quomodo victa est, et ululaverunt ? quomodo dejecit cervicem Moab, et confusus est ? eritque Moab in derisum, et in exemplum omnibus in circuitu suo.

Vulgate

How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

ASV

אֵ֥יךְ חַ֨תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ הִפְנָה עֹ֥רֶף מוֹאָ֖ב בּ֑וֹשׁ וְ/הָיָ֥ה מוֹאָ֛ב לִ/שְׂחֹ֥ק וְ/לִ/מְחִתָּ֖ה לְ/כָל סְבִיבָֽי/ו

Hebrew

How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
הֵילִ֖ילוּ
hylylv
verb · 31×
חַ֖תּוּ
chtv
verb · 51×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְחִתָּה
mchth
noun · 11×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֹ֖רֶף
'rp
noun · 33×
שְׂחוֹק֙
shchvq
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 48:13 — And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
  • Jer 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.