17Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'


In Context

14 "How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'?

15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

16 "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.

17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'

18 "Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitants of the Daughter of Dibon, for he who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.

19 Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, 'What has happened?'

Jeremiah 48:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:17Comfort 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!