Jeremiah 48 · Verse 31

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.
Jeremiah 48:31, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:31 in other translations

BSBTherefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
WEBTherefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
ASVTherefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
YLTTherefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab--all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,
DARBYTherefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall there be moaning.
BBEFor this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.
WebsterTherefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

What does Jeremiah 48:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. I will cry ... for ... Moab--Not that it deserves pity, but the prophet's "crying" for it vividly represents the greatness of the calamity. Kir-heres--Kir-hareseth, in Is 16:7; see on Is 16:7. It means "the city of potters," or else "the city of the sun" [Grotius]. Here "the men of Kir-heres" are substituted for "the foundations of Kir-hareseth," in Is 16:7. The change answers probably to the different bearing of the disaster under Nebuchadnezzar, as compared with that former one under Shalmaneser.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47

. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of…

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Jeremiah 48:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּן֙ken-foreH3651
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מוֹאָ֣בmo.'AvMoabH4124
אֲיֵלִ֔יל'a.ye.LilI will wailH3213
וּלְמוֹאָ֥בu.le.mo.'Avand for MoabH4124
כֻּלֹּ֖הku.Lohall of itH3605
אֶזְעָ֑ק'ez.'AkI will cry outH2199
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Shei[the] people ofH582
קִֽיר\־kir-KirH7025
חֶ֖רֶשׂChe.resHeresH7025
יֶהְגֶּֽה\׃yeh.Gehhe will groanH1897

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:31

  • 2 Kings 3:25

    And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

  • 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 weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  • Jeremiah 48:36

    Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

  • Isaiah 16:7-11

    Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will I howl.
Isa 15:5; 16:7-11
Kir-heres.
36; 2Ki 3:25
Kar-haraseth.
Isa 16:7
Kir-hareseth.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:30

    I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

  • Jeremiah 48:31

    Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.

  • Jeremiah 48:32

    O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

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Jeremiah 48:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto yo aullaré sobre Moab, y sobre todo Moab haré clamor, y sobre los hombres de Kir-heres gemiré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi je hurlerai sur Moab; au sujet de tout Moab je crierai; on gémira sur les hommes de Kir-Hérès.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum jammere ich über Moab, und wegen ganz Moab schreie ich; über die Leute von Kir-Heres seufzt man.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ideo super Moab ejulabo, et ad Moab universam clamabo, ad viros muri fictilis lamentantes: