KJV King James Version
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 48:31
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab—all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 48
28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it].
31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach [even] to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
33 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.
34 From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even] unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto Horonaim, [as] an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
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עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּן֙H3651 · kenrightעַל־H5921 · aluponמוֹאָ֣בH4124 · mo.avMoabאֲיֵלִ֔ילH3213 · ya.lalto wailוּלְמוֹאָ֥בH4124 · mo.avMoabכֻּלֹּ֖הH3605 · kolallאֶזְעָ֑קH2199 · za.aqto cry outאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַנְשֵׁ֥יH582 · e.noshhumanקִֽיר־H7025 · qir che.re.sKir-haresethחֶ֖רֶשׂH7025 · qir che.re.sKir-haresethיֶהְגֶּֽה׃H1897 · ha.gahto mutter
Cross-references
2 Kings 3:25And 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 [it], and smote it.Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] 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.Jeremiah 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished.Isaiah 16:7-11Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely [they are] stricken.
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