Jeremías 48:36

36 Mi corazón gime como una flauta por Moab y Kir-hareset porque ha desaparecido toda su riqueza.

Jeremías 48:36 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes
That are sounded on mournful occasions, as at funerals, and the like; see ( Matthew 9:23 ) . This the prophet said, as Kimchi observes, in the person of the people, the inhabitants of Moab; whose hearts would yearn and sound for the calamities of their country like the doleful sound of minstrels. So the Targum,

``therefore the Moabites shall sound in their hearts like a harp:''

and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres;
as for the country of Moab in general, so for this principal city, and the inhabitants of it, in particular; (See Gill on Isaiah 16:11); because the riches [that] he hath gotten is perished;
either Moab or Kirheres; the abundance of goods they had got together were now lost, falling into the hands of the enemy; and which was matter of lamentation. The Targum is,

``for the rest of their substance they had got were spoiled.''

Some understand it of the residue of men that escaped the sword; these perished by famine, or other means; see ( Isaiah 15:7 ) .

Jeremías 48:36 In-Context

34 »En cambio, se pueden oír terribles gritos de terror desde Hesbón hasta Eleale y Jahaza; desde Zoar hasta Horonaim y Eglat-selisiya. Incluso las aguas de Nimrim ya están secas.

35 »Acabaré con Moab —dice el Señor
—, porque la gente ofrece sacrificios en los altares paganos y quema incienso a sus dioses falsos.

36 Mi corazón gime como una flauta por Moab y Kir-hareset porque ha desaparecido toda su riqueza.

37 La gente se rapa la cabeza y se afeita la barba en señal de luto. Se hacen cortaduras en las manos y se ponen ropa de tela áspera.

38 Hay llanto y dolor en cada hogar moabita y en cada calle. Pues hice pedazos a Moab como a una vasija vieja y despreciada.