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36 Therefore[a] my heart moans for Moab like the flute.[b]
    It moans for the people[c] of Kir-heres like the flute.[d]
    Therefore[e] the wealth they gained has perished.
37 For on every head is baldness,
    and every beard is trimmed.
On all the hands, slashes,
    and on the loins, sackcloth.
38 On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares,
    there is wailing everywhere.
For I have broken Moab like a vessel,
    there is no delight in it,” declares[f] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:36 Literally “Unto thus”
  2. Jeremiah 48:36 Hebrew “flutes”
  3. Jeremiah 48:36 Or “men”
  4. Jeremiah 48:36 Hebrew “flutes”
  5. Jeremiah 48:36 Literally “Unto thus”
  6. Jeremiah 48:38 Literally “a declaration of”