Jeremiah 48
48About Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed; Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive. The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!H4124H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1945H5015H7703H7156H3001H3920H4869H3001H28652There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let's cut her off from nationhood. You madmen will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you.H8416H4124H2809H2803H7451H3212H3772H1471H1826H4086H2719H3212H3103A voice cries out from Horonaim: devastation and great disaster!H6963H6818H2773H7701H1419H76674Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.H4124H7665H6810H2201H80855For on the ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:H4608H3872H1065H1065H5927H4174H2773H6862H8085H6818H76676Flee! Save your lives! Be like a juniper bushin the wilderness.H5127H4422H5315H1961H6176H40577Because you trust in your works and treasures, you will be captured also. Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.H982H4639H214H3920H3645H3318H1473H3548H8269H31628The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the LORD has said.H7703H935H5892H5892H4422H6010H6H4334H8045H3068H5599Make Moab a salt marsh, for she will run away; her towns will become a desolation, without inhabitant.H5414H6731H4124H5323H3318H5892H8047H3427H200410Cursed is the one who does the LORD's business deceitfully, and cursed is the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed.H779H6213H4399H3068H7423H779H4513H2719H181811Moab has been left quiet since his youth, settled [like wine] on its dregs. He hasn't been poured from one container to another or gone into exile. So his taste has remained the same, and his aroma hasn't changed.H4124H7599H5271H8252H8105H7324H3627H3627H1980H1473H2940H5975H7381H417112Therefore look, the days are coming— [this is] the LORD's declaration— when I will send those to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.H3117H935H5002H3068H7971H6808H6808H7324H3627H5310H503513Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was put to shame because of Bethel that they trusted in.H4124H954H3645H1004H3478H954H1008H400914How can you say, We are warriors— mighty men [ready] for battle?H559H1368H2428H582H442115The destroyer of Moab and its towns has come up, and the best of its young men have gone down to slaughter. [This is] the King's declaration; the LORD of Hosts is His name.H4124H7703H5927H5892H4005H970H3381H2874H5002H4428H8034H3068H663516Moab's calamity is near at hand; his disaster is rushing swiftly.H343H4124H7138H935H7451H4116H396617Mourn for him, all you surrounding [nations], everyone who knows his name. Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered, the glorious staff!H5439H5110H3045H8034H559H5797H4294H7665H8597H473118Come down from glory; sit on parched ground, resident of the daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.H1323H3427H1769H3381H3519H3427H6772H7703H4124H5927H7843H401319Stand by the highway and look, resident of Aroer! Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping, What happened?H3427H6177H5975H1870H6822H7592H5127H4422H559H196120Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.H4124H3001H2865H3213H2199H5046H769H4124H770321"Judgment has come to the land of the plateau— to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,H4941H935H4334H776H2473H3096H415822Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,H1769H5015H101523Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,H7156H1014H101024Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near.H7152H1224H5892H776H4124H7350H713825Moab's horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered." [This is] the LORD's declaration.H7161H4124H1438H2220H7665H5002H306826"Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.H7937H1431H3068H4124H5606H6892H781427Wasn't Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake [your head]."H3478H7814H4672H1590H1767H1697H511028Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs, residents of Moab! Be like a dove that nests inside the mouth of a cave.H3427H4124H5800H5892H7931H5553H3123H7077H5676H6354H631029We have heard of Moab's pride, great pride, indeed— his insolence, arrogance, pride, and haughty heart.H8085H1347H4124H3966H1343H1363H1346H1347H7312H382030I know his outburst. [This is] the LORD's declaration. It is empty. His boast is empty.H3045H5678H5002H3068H907H621331Therefore, I will wail over Moab. I will cry out for Moab, all of it; he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.H3213H4124H2199H4124H1897H582H702532I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah, with more than the weeping for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they have reached to the sea [and to] Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.H1612H7643H1058H1065H3270H5189H5674H3220H5060H3220H3270H7703H5307H7019H121033Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses; no one will tread with shouts of joy. The shouting is not a shout of joy.H8057H1524H622H3759H776H4124H3196H7673H3342H1869H1959H1959H195934"There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz— from Zoar to Horonaim [and] Eglath-shelishiyah— because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.H2201H2809H500H3096H5414H6963H6820H2773H5697H7992H4325H5249H492335In Moab, I will stop"— [this is] the LORD's declaration— "the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.H7673H4124H5002H3068H5927H1116H6999H43036Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.H3820H1993H4124H2485H3820H1993H2485H582H7025H3502H6213H637Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.H7218H7144H2206H1639H3027H1417H4975H824238On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants." [This is] the LORD's declaration.H4553H1406H4124H7339H7665H4124H3627H2656H5002H306839"How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him."H3213H2865H4124H6437H6203H954H4124H7814H4288H543940For this is what the LORD says: He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.H559H3068H1675H5404H6566H3671H412441The towns have been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.H7152H3920H4679H8610H1368H3820H4124H3117H3820H802H688742Moab will be destroyed as a people because he has exalted himself against the LORD.H4124H8045H5971H1431H306843Panic, pit, and trap await you, resident of Moab. [This is] the LORD's declaration.H6343H6354H6341H3427H4124H5002H306844He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. [This is] the LORD's declaration.H5127H5211H6440H6343H5307H6354H5927H6354H3920H6341H935H4124H8141H6486H5002H306845Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon's shadow because fire has come out from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It will devour Moab's forehead and the skull of the noisemakers.H5127H5975H6738H2809H3581H784H3318H2809H3852H996H5511H398H6285H4124H6936H7588H112146Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished because your sons have been taken captive and your daughters have gone into captivity.H188H4124H5971H3645H6H1121H3947H7628H1323H763347Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days. [This is] the LORD's declaration. The judgment on Moab ends here.H7725H7622H4124H319H3117H5002H3068H2008H4941H4124
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