Jeremiah 48:38
Good News Translation
On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants.

New Revised Standard Version
On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel that no one wants, says the LORD.

New American Bible
On all the rooftops of Moab and in all its squares there is mourning. I have shattered Moab like a pot that no one wants—oracle of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.

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Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.

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Isaiah 15:3 In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.

Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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Jeremiah 22:28 Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

Psalm 2:9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Isaiah 30:14 And it shall be broken small, as the potter's vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking, and there shall not a sherd be found of the pieces thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the hearth, or a little water be drawn out of the pit.

Hosea 8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel.

Romans 9:21,22 Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? . . .

2 Timothy 2:20,21 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some indeed unto honour, but some unto dishonour. . . .

Revelation 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessel of a potter they shall be broken:

Context
The Judgment on Moab
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. 38Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.39How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:27
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Jeremiah 19:10
And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee.

Jeremiah 19:11
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Even so will I break this people, and this city, as the potter's vessel is broken, which cannot be made whole again: and they shall be buried in Topheth, because there is no other place to bury in.

Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 25:34
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

Jeremiah 48:37
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