KJV King James Version
Therefore 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.
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Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 48
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.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36 Therefore 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.
37 For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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.
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.
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עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֞ןH3651 · kenrightלִבִּ֤יH3820 · levheartלְמוֹאָב֙H4124 · mo.avMoabכַּחֲלִלִ֣יםH2485 · cha.lilfluteיֶהֱמֶ֔הH1993 · ha.mahto roarוְלִבִּי֙H3820 · levheartאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַנְשֵׁ֣יH582 · e.noshhumanקִֽיר־H7025 · qir che.re.sKir-haresethחֶ֔רֶשׂH7025 · qir che.re.sKir-haresethכַּחֲלִילִ֖יםH2485 · cha.lilfluteיֶהֱמֶ֑הH1993 · ha.mahto roarעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֛ןH3651 · kenrightיִתְרַ֥תH3502 · yit.rahabundanceעָשָׂ֖הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאָבָֽדוּ׃H6 · a.vadto perish
Cross-references
Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.Isaiah 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.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.Proverbs 13:22A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.Luke 12:20-21But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Proverbs 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.Ecclesiastes 5:13-14There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.James 5:2-3Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.Proverbs 18:11The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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