Jeremiah 48:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. ”

Jeremiah 48:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mine heart ... - Rather, “there shall be mourning for” etc.
Jeremiah 48:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(r) Therefore will I wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [my heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. (r) Read ( Isaiah 16:7 ).
Jeremiah 48:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Moab's pride is without foundation, doomed to a fall which the prophet laments; comparing the past glory with the far-reaching tendrils of a choice vine ( Jeremiah 48:32 ). There is no longer the joy...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mine heart shall mourn . must one mourn. So the St. Petersburg Codex (A.D. 916), with note that the Eastern Massorites read "I shall mourn". Kir-heres. Now Kerak, the fortified town east of sou...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Some think the last word to be a proper name, though, according to etymology, it is “the city of potsherd.” They therefore give this rendering, “the strong city.” But Isaiah calls it “Kir-hares...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
Jeremiah 48:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. I will cry out for ... Moab - not that it deserves pity, but the prophet's "cr...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against Moab Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'i...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore will I howl for Moab. — The changes of person are remarkable. The “I” that speaks is neither Jehovah nor the prophet, but the unnamed mourner, who in the next clause appears in the third...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo agains...
Jeremiah 48:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it i...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furt...
Jeremiah 48:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore will I howl for Moab ,.... The prophet, being as a man affected with the miseries of a people very wicked, and so deserving of them; though indeed by this he does not so much design to exp...
Jeremiah 48:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. Ver. 31. Therefore will I howl. ] Isaiah 16:7 ; Isaiah 15:5 .
Jeremiah 48:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:29 ; Jeremiah 48:39 . We have heard the pride of Moab The several synonymous terms made use of in this verse are meant to express the great pride and insolence of Moab. Though some...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though wicked men rejoice and triumph in the ruin of good men, yet their charity suffereth them not to do the like, but engageth them to mourn for them in the day of their affliction. Jeremiah declar...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

D). Prophecy Against Moab ( Jeremiah 48:1-47 ). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especiall...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter .—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and before the fourth y...
Jeremiah 48:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:1 . Against Moab, saith the Lord. Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchad...
Jeremiah 48:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1 . Jeremiah 48:29-...
Jeremiah 48:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall
Jeremiah 48:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 3:25 ; Isaiah 15:5 ; Isaiah 16:7 ; Isaiah 16:7-11 ; Jeremiah 48:36
Jeremiah 48:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kir — herez — A city of Moab.

Jeremiah 48:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 48:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 48:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 48:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 48:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes