Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 48:38 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 38. 38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof” at Jeremiah 48:38 as a specific part of “The Heart Moans as Moab Cannot Escape.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 48:36–46
Follow Jeremiah 48:36–46, not verse 48:38 alone. The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof” at Jeremiah 48:38 as a specific part of “The Heart Moans as Moab Cannot Escape.” The controlling limit is: The lament does not erase the human cost beneath judgment rhetoric or permit ridicule of mourning customs.
Why It Needs Context
Jeremiah 48:38 performs a local role inside “The Heart Moans as Moab Cannot Escape.” The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof” at Jeremiah 48:38 as a specific part of “The Heart Moans as Moab Cannot Escape.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 48:36–46 — The Heart Moans as Moab Cannot EscapeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 48:36–46, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 48:36–46
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