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Jeremiah 48:17

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48:17Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it,

all of you nations that know of its fame.29

Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken!

Its glory and power have been done away!’30

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Footnotes

  1. 29 For the use of the word “name” (שֵׁם, shem) to “fame” or “repute” see 1028 שֵׁם 2.b and compare the usage in Ezek 16:14; 2 Chr 26:15. This refers to both the nearby nations and those who lived further away who had heard of Moab’s power and might only by repute.
  2. 30 Heb “How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod.” “How” introduces a lament which is here rendered by “Alas.” The staff and rod refer to the support that Moab gave to others not to the fact that she ruled over others which was never the case. According to 739 עוֹז 1 the “strong staff” is figurative of political power.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Grieve for him, all you who are around him,

and all who know his name;

say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,

the glorious staff.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Mourn for her, all who live around her,

all who know her fame;

say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,

how broken the glorious staff!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,

everyone who knows his name.

Say, “How the mighty scepter is shattered,

the glorious staff!”

NLTNew Living Translation

You friends of Moab,

weep for him and cry!

See how the strong scepter is broken,

how the beautiful staff is shattered!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Mourn for him, all his surroundings,

and all those who knew his name.

Say, ‘How the staff of might is broken,

the staff of glory.’

KJV 1900King James Version

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!