Jeremiah 48
48To Moab: This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "How terrible for Nebo, for it's laid waste. Kiriathiam is put to shame, it's captured. The fortress is put to shame, it's shattered.H4124H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1945H5015H7703H7156H3001H3920H4869H3001H28652The pride of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they plotted evil against her: 'Come and let's eliminate her as a nation.' Madmen will also be silenced, and the sword will pursue you.H8416H4124H2809H2803H7451H3212H3772H1471H1826H4086H2719H3212H3103The sound of crying will come from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.H6963H6818H2773H7701H1419H76674Moab will be destroyed; her little ones will cry out.H4124H7665H6810H2201H80855Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard.H4608H3872H1065H1065H5927H4174H2773H6862H8085H6818H76676Flee, save your lives, and you will be like a wild donkey in the desert.H5127H4422H5315H1961H6176H40577But, because you trust in your deeds and your riches, you will also be captured. Chemosh will go out into exile, along with his priests and officials.H982H4639H214H3920H3645H3318H1473H3548H8269H31628A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed." This is what the Lord has said!H7703H935H5892H5892H4422H6010H6H4334H8045H3068H5599Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.H5414H6731H4124H5323H3318H5892H8047H3427H200410Cursed is the one who is slack in doing the Lord's work. Cursed is the one who holds back his sword from shedding blood.H779H6213H4399H3068H7423H779H4513H2719H181811Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine on its dregs and not poured from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into exile. Therefore, his flavor has remained, and his aroma has not changed.H4124H7599H5271H8252H8105H7324H3627H3627H1980H1473H2940H5975H7381H417112"Therefore, look, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I'll send those who tip over vessels to him, and they'll tip him over. They'll empty his vessels and shatter his jars.H3117H935H5002H3068H7971H6808H6808H7324H3627H5310H503513Moab will be ashamed because of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed because of Bethel, their confidence.H4124H954H3645H1004H3478H954H1008H400914"How can you say, 'We're strong warriors, and soldiers ready for battle' -H559H1368H2428H582H442115Moab will be destroyed, and the enemy will come up against her cities. Her finest young men will go down to slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.H4124H7703H5927H5892H4005H970H3381H2874H5002H4428H8034H3068H663516Moab's disaster is near at hand, and his calamity is coming very quickly.H343H4124H7138H935H7451H4116H396617Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, 'Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.H5439H5110H3045H8034H559H5797H4294H7665H8597H473118Come down from glory, and sit on parched ground, O woman who lives in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab will come up against you to destroy you. He will destroy your strongholds.H1323H3427H1769H3381H3519H3427H6772H7703H4124H5927H7843H401319Stand by the road and keep watch, O woman who lives in Aroer. Ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes. Say, 'What happened' -H3427H6177H5975H1870H6822H7592H5127H4422H559H196120Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.H4124H3001H2865H3213H2199H5046H769H4124H770321Judgment has come to the plateau: to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath,H4941H935H4334H776H2473H3096H415822Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,H1769H5015H101523against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,H7156H1014H101024against Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns in the land of Moab, both far and near.H7152H1224H5892H776H4124H7350H713825The strength of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken," declares the Lord.H7161H4124H1438H2220H7665H5002H306826Make him drunk for he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he will be the object of mocking.H7937H1431H3068H4124H5606H6892H781427Wasn't Israel an object of mocking for you?Wasn't he treated like a thief, so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt -H3478H7814H4672H1590H1767H1697H511028Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs, you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave.H3427H4124H5800H5892H7931H5553H3123H7077H5676H6354H631029We have heard about Moab's pride?he's very proud?his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his conceit.H8085H1347H4124H3966H1343H1363H1346H1347H7312H382030I know his gall," declares the Lord, "and it's futile; the boasting that they do is futile.H3045H5678H5002H3068H907H621331Therefore, I'll wail for Moab, and for the whole of Moab I'll cry out, for the men of Kir-heres I'll moan.H3213H4124H2199H4124H1897H582H702532More than the weeping for Jazer, I'll weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches spread out to the sea, and reached as far as the Sea of Jazer. On your summer fruit and grapes the destroyer will fall.H1612H7643H1058H1065H3270H5189H5674H3220H5060H3220H3270H7703H5307H7019H121033Gladness and rejoicing will be taken away from the fruitful land. From the land of Moab I'll cause the wine in the wine presses to stop flowing. The workers won't tread the grapes with a loud shout. There will be no shout!H8057H1524H622H3759H776H4124H3196H7673H3342H1869H1959H1959H195934"From the cry of Heshbon, to Elealeh, to Jahaz they have lifted up their voice. From Zoar to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah, even the waters of Nimrim will become a desolate place.H2201H2809H500H3096H5414H6963H6820H2773H5697H7992H4325H5249H492335In Moab," declares the Lord, "I'll put an end to the one who offers a burnt offering on the high place and to the one who burns incense to his gods.H7673H4124H5002H3068H5927H1116H6999H43036Therefore my heart wails for Moab like flutes and my heart wails for the men of Kir-heres like flutes. Therefore they'll lose the abundance they produced.H3820H1993H4124H2485H3820H1993H2485H582H7025H3502H6213H637Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.H7218H7144H2206H1639H3027H1417H4975H824238On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets there will be nothing but mourning, for I'll break Moab like a vessel that no one wants," declares the Lord.H4553H1406H4124H7339H7665H4124H3627H2656H5002H306839"How it will be shattered! How they'll wail! How Moab will turn his back in shame! Moab will be an object of ridicule and terror to all those around him."4836H3213H2865H4124H6437H6203H954H4124H7814H4288H543940For this is what the Lord says: "Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.H559H3068H1675H5404H6566H3671H412441The towns will be captured and the strongholds seized. On that day the hearts of the warriors of Moab will be like the heart of a woman in labor.H7152H3920H4679H8610H1368H3820H4124H3117H3820H802H688742Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he exalted himself against the Lord.H4124H8045H5971H1431H306843Terror, pit, and trap will be used against you who live in Moab," declares the Lord.H6343H6354H6341H3427H4124H5002H306844"The one who flees from the terror will fall into a pit. And the one who comes up out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For I'll bring upon her, that is upon Moab, the time of her punishment," declares the Lord.H5127H5211H6440H6343H5307H6354H5927H6354H3920H6341H935H4124H8141H6486H5002H306845"The fugitives will stand without strength in the shadow of Heshbon, for fire will go out from Heshbon and a flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the heads of the rebellious people.H5127H5975H6738H2809H3581H784H3318H2809H3852H996H5511H398H6285H4124H6936H7588H112146How terrible for you, Moab! The people of Chemosh will perish. Indeed, your sons will be taken into captivity, and your daughters as well.H188H4124H5971H3645H6H1121H3947H7628H1323H763347But I'll restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days," declares the Lord. This concludes the judgment on Moab.H7725H7622H4124H319H3117H5002H3068H2008H4941H4124
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