Discovery BoxJeremiah 48:36-39 
Context48:36 So my heart moans for Moab
like a flute playing a funeral song.
Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song,
my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres.
For the wealth they have gained will perish.
48:37 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. 1
48:38 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! 2
48:39 Oh, how shattered Moab will be!
Oh, how her people will wail!
Oh, how she will turn away 3 in shame!
Moab will become an object of ridicule,
a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”
1 tn Heb “upon every loin [there is] sackcloth.” The word “all” is restored here before “loin” with a number of Hebrew
sn The actions referred to here were all acts that were used to mourn the dead (cf. Isa 15:2-3).
2 tn Heb “Oracle of the
3 tn Heb “turn her back.”
