Jeremías 48:31

31 Por eso lloro por Moab;gimo por toda su gente,sollozo por el pueblo de Quir Jeres.

Jeremías 48:31 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore will I howl for Moab
The prophet, being as a man affected with the miseries of a people very wicked, and so deserving of them; though indeed by this he does not so much design to express the affections of his own heart, as to show what reason the Moabites would have to howl for the calamities of their country; for, as Kimchi observes, the prophet here speaks in the person of the people of Moab; see ( Isaiah 16:7 ) ; and I will cry out for all Moab;
the whole country of Moab, which should become desolate: [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of Kirheres;
the same with Kirhareseth, a city of Moab, ( Isaiah 16:7 ) ; whose foundations should be sapped, the city taken, and the men of it put to the sword, or caused to flee; and their case being deplorable, the prophet says his heart should mourn for them like a dove, as Kimchi and Jarchi observe; though it may be rendered, "he shall mourn" ^F7; that is, Moab; for the destruction of such a principal city, and the men of it. The Targum renders it,

``for the men of the city of their strength.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (hghy) "gemet", Montanus.

Jeremías 48:31 In-Context

29 »Conocemos bien el orgullo de Moab,ese orgullo exagerado.¡Tanta soberbia y tanto orgullo!¡Tanta arrogancia y altivez!

30 Yo conozco su insolencia,pero sus jactancias no logran nada—afirma el SEÑOR—.

31 Por eso lloro por Moab;gimo por toda su gente,sollozo por el pueblo de Quir Jeres.

32 Lloro por ti, viña de Sibma,más que por Jazer;tus sarmientos sobrepasan el mary llegan hasta Jazer,pero caerá el destructorsobre tu cosecha y sobre tu vendimia.

33 De los fértiles campos de Moabhan desaparecido el gozo y alegría.Acabé con el vino de tus lagares;ya nadie pisa las uvas entre gritos de alborozo;los gritos ya no son de regocijo.