Jeremiah 48:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

My heart shall sound for Moab - (notes, Isaiah 15:7; Isaiah 16:11).

Like pipes - a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning.

The riches that he hath gotten are perished - literally, the abundance ... that which is over and above the necessaries of life [superabundance, yitrat]. Grotius translates, 'They who have been left remaining shall perish;' they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.

Jeremiah 48:36

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