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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heart	לִבִּ֤י li.Bi	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
sound	יֶהֱמֶ֔ה ye.he.Meh	H1993	to make a loud sound (like English 'hum') · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Moab	לְמוֹאָב֙ le.mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · preposition + proper noun, a place name
pipes	כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים ka.cha.li.Lim	H2485	a flute (as perforated) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
heart	וְלִבִּי֙ ve.li.Bi	H3820	the heart · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
sound	יֶהֱמֶ֑ה ye.he.Meh	H1993	to make a loud sound (like English 'hum') · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
pipes	כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים ka.cha.li.Lim	H2485	a flute (as perforated) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
men	אַנְשֵׁ֣י 'an.Shei	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Kir-heres	קִֽיר kir-	H7025	Kir-Cheres or Kir-Chareseth · proper noun, a place name
riches	יִתְרַ֥ת yit.Rat	H3502	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
gotten	עָשָׂ֖ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
perished	אָבָֽדוּ 'a.Va.du	H6	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
Isaiah 15:5 My 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 wee…
Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 18:11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-14 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Isaiah 63:15 Look 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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it, but to affect us with the calamitous state of human life, which is liable to such lamentable occurrences, and with the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, when he comes forth to contend with a provoking people. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and meditating on the terror of them, it will be of more use to us to keep this in our eye, and to get our…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:36

(See on Isa 15:7; Isa 16:11). like pipes--a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning. riches . . . gotten--literally, the abundance . . . that which is over and above the necessaries of life. GROTIUS translates, "They who have been left remaining shall perish"; they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes,.... That are sounded on mournful occasions, as at funerals, and the like; see Matthew 9:23. This the prophet said, as Kimchi observes, in the person of the people, the inhabitants of Moab; whose hearts would yearn and sound for the calamities of their country like the doleful sound of minstrels. So the Targum, "therefore the Moabites shall sound in their hearts like a harp:'' and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres; as for the country of Moab in general, so for this principal city, and the inhabitants of it, in particular; See Gill on Isaiah 16:11; because the riches that he hath gotten is perished; either Moab or Kir…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:36

Dictionary and topics

Kir-haraseth — Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the Dead Sea; called also Kir-haresh,…
Kirharaseth — (brick fortress), (2 Kings 3:25) Kir-ha’resh, (Isaiah 16:11) Kir-har’es, (Jeremiah 48:31,36) These four names are all applied to one place, probably Kir Of Moab OF MOAB, which see.
Music, Instrumental — Among instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed instruments. These were, (1.) The kinnor, the “harp.” (2.) The nebel, “a skin bottle,” rendered “psaltery.” (3.)…
Pipe — (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means “bored through,” and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes,…
Dead, The · Mourning for, often: With plaintive music — Mourning for, often: With plaintive music
Kir-Haraseth · A city of Moab — A city of Moab
Music · Instruments of: Pipe — Instruments of: Pipe
Riches · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 48:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:36

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:36

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:36

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 48:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:36

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:36

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:36

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 48:36-38

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 48:35-37

Rashi on Jeremiah 48:36