Jeremiah 48:17

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Summary

All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Bemoan

How

General references

Isaiah 14:5

Bible References

Bemoan

“Therefore I will wail for Moab,
Even for all Moab will I cry out;

I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the

wailing women, that they may come!

For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;

Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

The fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them.

How

“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

‘And it had

strong branches fit for scepters of rulers,

And its height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

I took my staff

Favor and cut it in pieces, to

break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

General references

“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers