Jeremiah 48
48CONCERNING MOAB: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to [the city of] Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame and taken; Misgab [the high fortress] is put to shame, broken down, {and} crushed.H4124H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1945H5015H7703H7156H3001H3920H4869H3001H28652The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon [a border town between Reuben and Gad, east of the Jordan River] they planned evil against her, saying, Come, let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O [town of] Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.H8416H4124H2809H2803H7451H3212H3772H1471H1826H4086H2719H3212H3103The sound of a cry from Horonaim, [a cry of] desolation and great destruction!H6963H6818H2773H7701H1419H76674Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard [as far as Zoar].H4124H7665H6810H2201H80855For the ascent of Luhith will be climbed [by successive bands of fugitives] with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.H4608H3872H1065H1065H5927H4174H2773H6862H8085H6818H76676Flee! Save your lives! But they shall be like a destitute {and} forsaken person in the wilderness.H5127H4422H5315H1961H6176H40577For because you have trusted in your works [your bungling idol images] and in your treasures [instead of in God], you shall also be taken. And Chemosh [your god] shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.H982H4639H214H3920H3645H3318H1473H3548H8269H31628And the destroyer shall come upon every city; no city shall escape. The [Jordan] valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be devastated, as the Lord has said.H7703H935H5892H5892H4422H6010H6H4334H8045H3068H5599Give wings to Moab, for [by that means only] she will flee and get away; her cities will be desolate, without any to dwell in them.H5414H6731H4124H5323H3318H5892H8047H3427H200410Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently [with slackness, deceitfully]; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood [in executing judgment pronounced by the Lord].H779H6213H4399H3068H7423H779H4513H2719H181811Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees [like wine] and has not been drawn off from one vessel to another, neither has he gone into exile. Therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent has not changed.H4124H7599H5271H8252H8105H7324H3627H3627H1980H1473H2940H5975H7381H417112Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to [Moab] tilters who shall tilt him up and shall empty his vessels and break his bottles (earthenware) in pieces.H3117H935H5002H3068H7971H6808H6808H7324H3627H5310H503513And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh [his god], as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.H4124H954H3645H1004H3478H954H1008H400914How can you say, We are heroes and mighty men in the war?H559H1368H2428H582H442115Moab has been made desolate, and his cities have gone up [in smoke and flame]; and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts.H4124H7703H5927H5892H4005H970H3381H2874H5002H4428H8034H3068H663516The destruction of Moab is coming near, and his calamity hastens swiftly.H343H4124H7138H935H7451H4116H396617Bemoan him, all you [nations] who are around him, and all you [nations more remote] who know his name; say, How broken is the mighty scepter [of national power] and the splendid rod [of glory]!H5439H5110H3045H8034H559H5797H4294H7665H8597H473118Come down from your glory, you inhabitant of the Daughter of Dibon, and sit on the ground among the thirsty! For the destroyer of Moab is advancing against you; he will destroy your strongholds.H1323H3427H1769H3381H3519H3427H6772H7703H4124H5927H7843H401319O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch! Ask him who flees and her who escapes, What has happened?H3427H6177H5975H1870H6822H7592H5127H4422H559H196120Moab is put to shame, for she is broken down. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon that Moab is laid waste (destroyed).H4124H3001H2865H3213H2199H5046H769H4124H770321Judgment has come upon the land of the plain--upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,H4941H935H4334H776H2473H3096H415822And upon Dibon and Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,H1769H5015H101523And upon Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon,H7156H1014H101024And upon Kerioth and Bozrah--and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.H7152H1224H5892H776H4124H7350H713825The horn (strength) of Moab is cut off, and his arm [of authority] is shattered, says the Lord.H7161H4124H1438H2220H7665H5002H306826Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against the Lord [by resisting Reuben's occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also shall splash in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.H7937H1431H3068H4124H5606H6892H781427For was not Israel [an object of] derision to you? Was he found among thieves--since whenever you speak of him you wag your head [in scorn]?H3478H7814H4672H1590H1767H1697H511028O you inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell among the rocks, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the walls of the yawning ravine.H3427H4124H5800H5892H7931H5553H3123H7077H5676H6354H631029We have heard of the [giddy] pride of Moab, the extremely proud one--his loftiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.H8085H1347H4124H3966H1343H1363H1346H1347H7312H382030I know his insolent wrath, says the Lord, and the nothingness of his boastings {and} his deeds; they are false {and} have accomplished nothing.H3045H5678H5002H3068H907H621331Therefore I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out over the whole of Moab. Over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth) there will be sighing {and} mourning.H3213H4124H2199H4124H1897H582H702532O vines of Sibmah, I weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] have gone over the sea, reaching even to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruit harvest and your [season's] crop of grapes.H1612H7643H1058H1065H3270H5189H5674H3220H5060H3220H3270H7703H5307H7019H121033Joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful orchards {and} fields and from the land of Moab. And I have made the juice [of the grape] to fail from what is pressed out in the vats; no one treads [the grapes] with shouting. Their shouting is no shouting [of joy, but is a battle cry].H8057H1524H622H3759H776H4124H3196H7673H3342H1869H1959H1959H195934From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah [like a three-year-old heifer], for even the waters of Nimrim have become desolations.H2201H2809H500H3096H5414H6963H6820H2773H5697H7992H4325H5249H492335Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, says the Lord, the one who ascends {and} offers in the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.H7673H4124H5002H3068H5927H1116H6999H43036Therefore My heart moans {and} sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans {and} sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished.H3820H1993H4124H2485H3820H1993H2485H582H7025H3502H6213H637For every head is shaven bald and every beard cut off: upon all the hands are cuts (slashes) and upon the loins is sackcloth [all to express mourning].H7218H7144H2206H1639H3027H1417H4975H824238On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.H4553H1406H4124H7339H7665H4124H3627H2656H5002H306839How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become [an object of] a derision and a [horrifying] terror to all who are round about him.H3213H2865H4124H6437H6203H954H4124H7814H4288H543940For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab.H559H3068H1675H5404H6566H3671H412441Kerioth [and the cities] shall be taken and the strongholds seized; and the hearts of the mighty warriors of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs [in childbirth].H7152H3920H4679H8610H1368H3820H4124H3117H3820H802H688742And Moab shall be destroyed from being a nation, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.H4124H8045H5971H1431H306843Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.H6343H6354H6341H3427H4124H5002H306844He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit, and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken {and} caught in the trap {or} snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation (their inspection and infliction of punishment), says the Lord.H5127H5211H6440H6343H5307H6354H5927H6354H3920H6341H935H4124H8141H6486H5002H306845In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand powerless (stopped in their tracks, helpless and without strength), for a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the midst of Sihon; it has destroyed the corner of Moab and the crowns of the heads of the ones in tumult [the proud Moabites].H5127H5975H6738H2809H3581H784H3318H2809H3852H996H5511H398H6285H4124H6936H7588H112146Woe to you, O Moab! The people of [the god] Chemosh {are} undone; for your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into captivity.H188H4124H5971H3645H6H1121H3947H7628H1323H763347Yet will I reverse the captivity {and} restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment on Moab.H7725H7622H4124H319H3117H5002H3068H2008H4941H4124
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