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Jeremiah 31

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

31:1
Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.
48:1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
31:2
There is no longer any healing for Moab, [nor] glorying in Esebon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from [being] a nation, and she shall be completely still: after thee shall go a sword;
48:2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon (note: The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.) they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
31:3
for [there is] a voice of [men] crying out of Oronaim, destruction and great ruin.
48:3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
31:4
Moab is ruined, proclaim [it] to Zogora:
48:4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out (note: Hebrew; LXX her cries are heard as far away as Zoar).
31:5
for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.
48:5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
31:6
Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.
48:6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert (note: Or like a wild donkey or like Aroer).’
31:7
Since thou hast trusted in thy strong-hold, therefore thou shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.
48:7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
31:8
And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.
48:8 The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
31:9
Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague-spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence [shall there be] an inhabitant for her?
48:9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
31:10
Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.
48:10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
31:11
Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out [his liquor] from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.
48:11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
31:12
Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.
48:12 Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
31:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bæthel their hope, having trusted in them.
48:13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
31:14
How will ye say, We are strong, and men strong for war?
48:14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
31:15
Moab is ruined, [even] his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.
48:15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
31:16
The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly [to vengeance].
48:16 Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
31:17
Shake [the head] at him, all ye that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name; say ye, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!
48:17 Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!
31:18
Come down from [thy] glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dæbon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy strong-hold.
48:18 Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
31:19
Stand by the way, and look, thou that dwellest in Arer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?
48:19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
31:20
Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished.
48:20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
31:21
And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Chelon, and Rephas, and Mophas,
48:21 Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah (note: Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see verse 34.), and Mephaath,
31:22
and upon Dæbon, and upon Nabau, and upon the house of Dæthlathaim,
48:22 upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
31:23
and upon Cariathaim, and upon the house of Gæmol, and upon the house of Maon,
48:23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
31:24
and upon Carioth, and upon Bosor, and upon all the cities of Moab, far and near.
48:24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
31:25
The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed.
48:25 The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
31:26
Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughing-stock.
48:26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
31:27
For surely Israel was to thee a laughing-stock, and was found among thy thefts, because thou didst fight against him.
48:27 Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
31:28
The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and dwelt in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.
48:28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
31:29
And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.
48:29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
31:30
But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?
48:30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
31:31
Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men [in] a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,
48:31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres (note: Kir-heres is a variant of Kir-hareseth; also in verse 36; see Isaiah 16:7.).
31:32
O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, [and] upon thy grape-gatherers.
48:32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer (note: Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts to the Sea of Jazer). Your tendrils have extended to the sea (note: Probably the Dead Sea); they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
31:33
Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and [though] there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.
48:33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
31:34
From the cry of Esebon even to Ætam their cities uttered their voice, from Zogor to Oronaim, and their tidings [as] a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nebrin shall be dried up.
48:34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
31:35
And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.
48:35 In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
31:36
Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what [every] man has gained has perished from him.
48:36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
31:37
They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat [the breasts], and on all loins shall be sackcloth.
48:37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
31:38
And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets [shall be mourning]: for I have broken [him], saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.
48:38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
31:39
How has he changed! how has Moab turned [his] back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing-stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.
48:39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
31:40
For thus said the Lord;
48:40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
31:41
Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.
48:41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
31:42
And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.
48:42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
31:43
A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab.
48:43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
31:44
He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation.
48:44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.