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Jeremiah 48:37-39
International Children’s Bible
Jeremiah 48:37-39
International Children’s Bible
37 Everyone has a shaved head.
Everyone’s beard is cut off.
Everyone’s hands are cut.
Everyone wears rough cloth around his waist.[a]
38 People are crying on every roof[b] in Moab
and in every public square.
There is nothing but sadness
because I have broken Moab
like a jar no one wants,” says the Lord.
39 “Moab is shattered! The people are crying!
Moab turns away in shame!
People all around her make fun of her.
The things that happened fill them with fear.”
Footnotes
- 48:37 shaved head . . . waist The people did these things to show their sadness for those who had died.
- 48:38 roof In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship and as a place to sleep in the summer.
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