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Jeremiah 48:37-39
New English Translation
Jeremiah 48:37-39
New English Translation
37 For all of them will shave their heads in mourning.
They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow.
They will all make gashes in their hands.
They will all put on sackcloth.[a]
38 On all the housetops in Moab
and in all its public squares
there will be nothing but mourning.
For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar.
I, the Lord, affirm it![b]
39 Oh, how shattered Moab will be!
Oh, how her people will wail!
Oh, how she will turn away[c] in shame!
Moab will become an object of ridicule,
a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:37 tn Heb “upon every loin [there is] sackcloth.” The word “all” is restored here before “loin,” in agreement with a number of Hebrew mss and a number of versions. The words “in mourning” and “to show their sorrow” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to give the average reader some idea of the significance of these acts.sn The actions referred to here were all acts used to mourn the dead (cf. Isa 15:2-3).
- Jeremiah 48:38 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 48:39 tn Heb “turn her back.”
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