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Jeremiah 48:37

What does Jeremiah 48:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 48:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For every head <FI>is<Fi> bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins--sackcloth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

Context

v.36Therefore 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.

v.37This passage

v.38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 21:27

    And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

  • Jeremiah 16:6

    Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

  • Micah 1:16

    Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

  • Jeremiah 47:5

    Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

  • Isaiah 15:2

    They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.

  • 1 Kings 18:28

    And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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