Jeremiah 48:38
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 48 connects to 10 cross-references. An extended oracle against Moab describing its total devastation: wailing in every city, the destroyer descending on every town, Moab made a derision and horror. The nation has been complacent since youth, undisturbed on its dregs. Yet the chapter ends …
Other Translations
On 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.
On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it--<FI> is<Fi> lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.
On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.
Cross References
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every …
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not …
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast …
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of …
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another …
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels …
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and …