Jeremiah 48:36
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Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.

mine heart

Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle.

Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Kir-heres

Jeremiah 48:31 Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

the riches

Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

Proverbs 11:4 The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 13:22 The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

Proverbs 18:11 The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.

Ecclesiastes 5:13,14 There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner. . . .

Isaiah 15:7 According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.

Luke 12:20,21 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? . . .

James 5:2,3 Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten. . . .

Context
The Judgment on Moab
35And I will take away from Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and that sacrificeth to his gods. 36Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.37For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:25
And they destroyed the cities: And they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone: and they stopt up all the springs of waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only remained: and the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 15:7
According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.

Isaiah 16:11
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.

Jeremiah 48:31
Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

Lexicon
Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

My heart
לִבִּ֤י (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

laments
יֶהֱמֶ֔ה (ye·hĕ·meh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1993: To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

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

like a flute;
כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים (ka·ḥă·li·lîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2485: Flute, pipe

[it]
וְלִבִּי֙ (wə·lib·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

laments
יֶהֱמֶ֑ה (ye·hĕ·meh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1993: To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

like a flute
כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים (ka·ḥă·lî·lîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2485: Flute, pipe

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the men
אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Kir-heres,
חֶ֔רֶשׂ (ḥe·reś)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7025: Kir-hareseth -- 'wall of earthenware', a fortified city in Moab

because
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the wealth
יִתְרַ֥ת (yiṯ·raṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3502: Excellence, wealth

they acquired
עָשָׂ֖ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

has perished.
אָבָֽדוּ׃ (’ā·ḇā·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish


Additional Translations
Therefore My heart laments for Moab like a flute; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he has gotten are perished.

Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what every man has gained has perished from him.

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres; because the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Therefore mine heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and mine heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten have perished.

Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.
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