Jeremiah 48:36 meaning and explanation
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
Jeremiah 48:36, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 48 is a prophecy of judgment against Moab, Israel's neighbor east of the Dead Sea, spoken by the prophet in Judah. In verse 36 the speaker is the LORD himself, and the image is striking: God's own heart laments like a flute, a thin, reedy sound of grief, for Moab and for the men of Kir-heres, a Moabite town.
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