Jeremiah 48:39
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
Note back: Heb. neck
“How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.”
How 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- How is it
- Jeremiah 48:17; Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1; Revelation 18:9, 10, 15, 16
- back
- Heb. neck. a derision.
- Jeremiah 48:26, 27; Isaiah 20:4–6; Ezekiel 26:16–18