Jeremiah 48:31
Good News Translation
And so I will weep for everyone in Moab and for the people of Kir Heres.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the people of Kir-heres I mourn.

Contemporary English Version
So I will cry and mourn for Moab and its town of Kir-Heres.

New American Bible
And so I wail over Moab, over all Moab I cry, over the people of Kir-heres I moan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

will I howl

Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 16:7-11 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes. . . .

Kir-heres

Jeremiah 48:36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.

2 Kings 3:25 And they destroyed the cities: And they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone: and they stopt up all the springs of waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only remained: and the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

Kar-haraseth

Isaiah 16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.

Kir-hareseth

Context
The Judgment on Moab
30I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able. 31Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.32O vineyard of Sabama, I will weep for thee, with the mourning of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they are come even to the sea of Jazer: the robber hath rushed in upon thy harvest and thy vintage.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:25
And they destroyed the cities: And they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone: and they stopt up all the springs of waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only remained: and the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 16:7
Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.

Isaiah 16:11
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.

Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.

Jeremiah 48:30
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