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Jeremiah 48
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Of Moab. The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says:
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.
The praise of Moab is no more.
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.
The sound of a cry from Horonaim,
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Moab is destroyed.
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out (note: Hebrew; LXX her cries are heard as far away as Zoar).
For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping.
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:
Flee! Save your lives!
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert (note: Or like a wild donkey or like Aroer).’
For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures,
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
The destroyer will come on every city,
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.
Give wings to Moab,
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
“Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently;
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth,
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.
Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD,
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.
Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men,
How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
Moab is laid waste,
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.
“The calamity of Moab is near to come,
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
All you who are around him, bemoan him;
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!
“You daughter who dwells in Dibon,
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.
Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch.
Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
Moab is disappointed;
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Judgement has come on the plain country—
Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah (note: Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see verse 34.), and Mephaath,
The horn of Moab is cut off,
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
“Make him drunk,
“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.
For wasn’t Israel a derision to you?
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock.
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
“We have heard of the pride of Moab.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
I know his wrath,” says the LORD, “that it is nothing;
I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
Therefore I will wail for Moab.
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.).
With more than the weeping of Jazer
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.
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field
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.
From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh,
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.
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,” says the LORD,
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.
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like flutes,
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.
For every head is bald,
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
On all the housetops of Moab,
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.
“How it is broken down!
“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.”
For the LORD says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle,
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
Kerioth is taken,
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.
Moab will be destroyed from being a people,
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you,
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
“He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit;
“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.
“Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon;
“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
Woe to you, O Moab!
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
“Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,”
Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity (note: Or restore the fortunes of Moab),” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.