Jeremiah 48:36

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“Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 48:36 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 3:25They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  2. Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  3. Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
  4. Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
  5. Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
  6. Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
  7. Isaiah 15:7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
  8. Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
  9. Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
  10. Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  11. Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  12. Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  13. James 5:2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

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