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Jeremiah 48:37-39
New Century Version
Jeremiah 48:37-39
New Century Version
37 Every head has been shaved
and every beard cut off.
Everyone’s hands are cut,
and 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 great fear.”
Footnotes
- 48:37 Every 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 cool place to sleep in the summer.
New Century Version (NCV) 
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