Jeremiah 48:38
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קִינָה
qîynâh
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
גָּג
gâg
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →קִינָה qîynâh
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
Study H7015 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →Cross References
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant v...
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, ...
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