Jeremiah 48:39
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How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.

Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted.

Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones: and take off their robes, and cast away their broidered garments, and be clothed with astonishment: they shall sit on the ground, and with amazement shall wonder at thy sudden fall.

Ezekiel 26:17
And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

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How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.

How is it

Jeremiah 48:17 Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?

Lamentations 1:1 Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!

Lamentations 2:1 Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

Lamentations 4:1 Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?

Revelation 18:9,10,15,16 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning: . . .

back [heb] neck

Jeremiah 48:26,27 Make him drunk, because he lifted up himself against the Lord: and Moab shall dash his hand in his own vomit, and he also shall be in derision. . . .

Isaiah 20:4-6 So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt. . . .

Ezekiel 26:16-18 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones: and take off their robes, and cast away their broidered garments, and be clothed with astonishment: they shall sit on the ground, and with amazement shall wonder at thy sudden fall. . . .

Context
The Judgment on Moab
38Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord. 39How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.40Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.…
Lexicon
How
אֵ֥יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

shattered [it is]!
חַ֙תָּה֙ (ḥat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

How they wail!
הֵילִ֔ילוּ (hê·lî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3213: To howl, make a howling

How
אֵ֛יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

Moab
מוֹאָ֖ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

has turned
הִפְנָה־ (hip̄·nāh-)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

his back
עֹ֥רֶף (‘ō·rep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6203: The nape, back of the neck, the back

in shame!
בּ֑וֹשׁ (bō·wōš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

Moab
מוֹאָ֛ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

will become
וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

an object of ridicule
לִשְׂחֹ֥ק (liś·ḥōq)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7814: Laughter, derision, sport

and horror
וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה (wə·lim·ḥit·tāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4288: A dissolution, a ruin, consternation

to all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

those around
סְבִיבָֽיו׃ (sə·ḇî·ḇāw)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

him.”
ס (s)
Punctuation
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

How has he changed! how has Moab turned his back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing-stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

How is it broken down! how do they howl! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a dismaying to all that are round about him.

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.

How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.
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