Jeremiah 48:37-39

Expanded Bible

³⁷ Every head has been shaved
    and every beard cut off.
Everyone’s hands are ·cut [gashed],
    and everyone wears ·rough cloth around his waist [sackcloth; burlap; ^Cmourning rituals].
³⁸ People are ·crying [mourning] on every roof [^Cflat roofs were living space] in Moab
    and in every public square.
There is nothing but ·sadness [lament],
    because I have broken Moab
    like a jar no one wants [19:1–13; 22:28; Ps. 2:9],” says the Lord.
³⁹ “·Moab [^LHow it] is shattered! The people are ·crying [wailing]!
    ·Moab turns away [^LHow it turns its neck] in ·shame [humiliation]!
People all around her make fun of her.
    The things that happened fill them with great fear [Is. 16:6–12].”