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Jeremiah 48
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The Destruction of Moab

48This is what the LORD Almighty said about Moab: "Pity the people of Nebo - their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame;H4124H559H3068H6635H430H3478H1945H5015H7703H7156H3001H3920H4869H3001H2865
2the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it.H8416H4124H2809H2803H7451H3212H3772H1471H1826H4086H2719H3212H310
3The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!'H6963H6818H2773H7701H1419H7667
4"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.H4124H7665H6810H2201H8085
5Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.H4608H3872H1065H1065H5927H4174H2773H6862H8085H6818H7667
6'Quick, run for your lives!' they say. 'Run like a wild desert donkey!'H5127H4422H5315H1961H6176H4057
7"Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.H982H4639H214H3920H3645H3318H1473H3548H8269H3162
8Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.H7703H935H5892H5892H4422H6010H6H4334H8045H3068H559
9Set up a tombstone for Moab; it will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again."H5414H6731H4124H5323H3318H5892H8047H3427H2004
10(Curse those who do not do the LORD's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!)H779H6213H4399H3068H7423H779H4513H2719H1818

The Cities of Moab Are Destroyed

11The LORD said, "Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever.H4124H7599H5271H8252H8105H7324H3627H3627H1980H1473H2940H5975H7381H4171
12"So now, the time is coming when I will send people to pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its wine jars and break them in pieces.H3117H935H5002H3068H7971H6808H6808H7324H3627H5310H5035
13Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god Chemosh, just as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, a god in whom they trusted.H4124H954H3645H1004H3478H954H1008H4009
14"Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?H559H1368H2428H582H4421
15Moab and its cities are destroyed; its finest young men have been slaughtered. I am the king, the LORD Almighty, and I have spoken.H4124H7703H5927H5892H4005H970H3381H2874H5002H4428H8034H3068H6635
16Moab's doom approaches; its ruin is coming soon.H343H4124H7138H935H7451H4116H3966
17"Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, 'Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.'H5439H5110H3045H8034H559H5797H4294H7665H8597H4731
18You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.H1323H3427H1769H3381H3519H3427H6772H7703H4124H5927H7843H4013
19You that live in Aroer, stand by the road and wait; ask those who are running away, find out from them what has happened.H3427H6177H5975H1870H6822H7592H5127H4422H559H1961
20'Moab has fallen,' they will answer, 'weep for it; it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed!'H4124H3001H2865H3213H2199H5046H769H4124H7703
21"Judgment has come on the cities of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,H4941H935H4334H776H2473H3096H4158
22Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim,H1769H5015H1015
23Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, Bethmeon,H7156H1014H1010
24Kerioth, and Bozrah. Judgment has come on all the cities of Moab, far and near.H7152H1224H5892H776H4124H7350H7138
25Moab's might has been crushed; its power has been destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken."H7161H4124H1438H2220H7665H5002H3068

Moab Will Be Humbled

26The LORD said, "Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit, and people will laugh.H7937H1431H3068H4124H5606H6892H7814
27Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.H3478H7814H4672H1590H1767H1697H5110
28"You people who live in Moab, leave your towns! Go and live on the cliffs! Be like the dove that makes its nest in the sides of a ravine.H3427H4124H5800H5892H7931H5553H3123H7077H5676H6354H6310
29Moab is very proud! I have heard how proud, arrogant, and conceited the people are, how much they think of themselves.H8085H1347H4124H3966H1343H1363H1346H1347H7312H3820
30I, the LORD, know of their arrogance. Their boasts amount to nothing, and the things they do will not last.H3045H5678H5002H3068H907H6213
31And so I will weep for everyone in Moab and for the people of Kir Heres.H3213H4124H2199H4124H1897H582H7025
32I will cry for the people of Sibmah, even more than for the people of Jazer. City of Sibmah, you are like a vine whose branches reach across the Dead Sea and go as far as Jazer. But now your summer fruits and your grapes have been destroyed.H1612H7643H1058H1065H3270H5189H5674H3220H5060H3220H3270H7703H5307H7019H1210
33Happiness and joy have been taken away from the fertile land of Moab. I have made the wine stop flowing from the wine presses; there is no one to make the wine and shout for joy.H8057H1524H622H3759H776H4124H3196H7673H3342H1869H1959H1959H1959
34"The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far as Jahaz; it can be heard by the people in Zoar, and it is heard as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even Nimrim Brook has dried up.H2201H2809H500H3096H5414H6963H6820H2773H5697H7992H4325H5249H4923
35I will stop the people of Moab from making burnt offerings at their places of worship and from offering sacrifices to their gods. I, the LORD, have spoken.H7673H4124H5002H3068H5927H1116H6999H430
36"So my heart mourns for Moab and for the people of Kir Heres, like someone playing a funeral song on a flute, because everything they owned is gone.H3820H1993H4124H2485H3820H1993H2485H582H7025H3502H6213H6
37All of them have shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.H7218H7144H2206H1639H3027H1417H4975H8242
38On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants.H4553H1406H4124H7339H7665H4124H3627H2656H5002H3068
39Moab has been shattered! Cry out! Moab has been disgraced. It is in ruins, and all the surrounding nations make fun of it. I, the LORD, have spoken."H3213H2865H4124H6437H6203H954H4124H7814H4288H5439

No Escape for Moab

40The LORD has promised that a nation will swoop down on Moab like an eagle with its outspread wings,H559H3068H1675H5404H6566H3671H4124
41and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.H7152H3920H4679H8610H1368H3820H4124H3117H3820H802H6887
42Moab will be destroyed and will no longer be a nation, because it rebelled against me.H4124H8045H5971H1431H3068
43Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for the people of Moab. The LORD has spoken.H6343H6354H6341H3427H4124H5002H3068
44Whoever tries to escape the terror will fall into the pits, and whoever climbs out of the pits will be caught in the traps, because the LORD has set the time for Moab's destruction.H5127H5211H6440H6343H5307H6354H5927H6354H3920H6341H935H4124H8141H6486H5002H3068
45Helpless refugees try to find protection in Heshbon, the city that King Sihon once ruled, but it is in flames. Fire has burned up the frontiers and the mountain heights of the war-loving people of Moab.H5127H5975H6738H2809H3581H784H3318H2809H3852H996H5511H398H6285H4124H6936H7588H1121
46Pity the people of Moab! The people who worshiped Chemosh have been destroyed, and their sons and daughters have been taken away as prisoners.H188H4124H5971H3645H6H1121H3947H7628H1323H7633
47But in days to come the LORD will make Moab prosperous again. All of this is what the LORD has said will happen to Moab.H7725H7622H4124H319H3117H5002H3068H2008H4941H4124


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