Jeremías 48:39

39 ¡Cómo quedó hecha pedazos!¡Cómo gimen!Moab ha vuelto la espaldadel todo avergonzada.Es para todos sus vecinosobjeto de burla y de terror».

Jeremías 48:39 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:39

They shall howl, [saying], how is it broken down?
&c.] Or, "how is it broken" or "thrown into consternation ^F16? they howl"; that is, they howl out these words, or, while they are howling, say, how is Kirheres or Moab broken all to pieces; their strength, power, and glory; their cities, and their mighty men; and are in the utmost fright and confusion? Jarchi takes it to be an imperative, and paraphrases it,

``howl ye over her ^F17, and say, how is it broken!''

Kimchi says it may be taken either as in the past or in the imperative; how hath Moab turned the back with shame?
not being able to look their enemies in the face, but obliged to flee before them; so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him;
a derision to some, to their enemies, as Israel had been to them, and so they are paid in their own coin; and a consternation to others, their friends, who would fear sharing the same fate, at the hands of the Chaldeans.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (htx Kya) "quomodo consternata est", Piscator, Schmidt.
F17 (wlylyh) "ululate", Munster, Piscator; "ejulate", Junius & Tremellius.

Jeremías 48:39 In-Context

37 Toda cabeza está rapaday toda barba rasurada;en todas las manos hay incisiones,y todos están vestidos de luto.

38 Sobre todos los techos de Moab,y por todas sus plazas,solo se escuchan lamentos;porque rompí en pedazos a Moabcomo a una vasija desechada—afirma el SEÑOR—.

39 ¡Cómo quedó hecha pedazos!¡Cómo gimen!Moab ha vuelto la espaldadel todo avergonzada.Es para todos sus vecinosobjeto de burla y de terror».

40 Así dice el SEÑOR:«¡Miren! Vuela el enemigo como águila;sobre Moab despliega sus alas.

41 Sus ciudades serán capturadas,y conquistadas sus fortalezas.En aquel día, el corazón de los guerreros de Moabserá como el de una parturienta.