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Jeremiah 48:37

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For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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Jeremiah 48:37 in other translations

For every head is bald,
and every beard clipped.
There are cuttings on all the hands,
and sackcloth on the waist.

Jeremiah 48:37 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 48:37 in context

  1. 35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
  2. 36Therefore 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.
  3. 37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
  4. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.
  5. 39How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.