Jeremiah 48:17 Parallel Translations

Mourn over it, all of its neighbors and everyone who knows its fame. Say, 'Look at the strong staff, the beautiful rod, that is broken!'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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!

ASV:

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

BBE:

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

WBS:

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!

WEB:

All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

YLT:

Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

Jeremiah 48:17 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 9:4 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.

Isaiah 14:5 "The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, {l} How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!
(l) How are they destroyed that put their trust in their strength and riches?

WES:

48:17 Staff - A staff and a rod are as well, ensigns of power and government, as instruments to punish offenders.

MHC:

48:14-47. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to search into all the figures and expressions here used. Yet it is not perpetual destruction. The chapter ends with a promise of their return out of captivity in the latter days. Even with Moabites God will not contend for ever, nor be always wroth. The Jews refer it to the days of the Messiah; then the captives of the Gentiles, under the yoke of sin and Satan, shall be brought back by Divine grace, which shall make them free indeed.

CONC:

Beautiful Beauty Bemoan Branch Broken Fame Glorious Grief Mighty Mourn Rod Round Scepter Signs Splendor Staff Strength Strong

Beautiful Beauty Bemoan Branch Broken Fame Glorious Grief How Live Mighty Mourn Rod Round Scepter Signs Splendor Staff Strength Strong

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