Jeremiah 48
48
1Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down. 2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee. 3The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! 4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 5For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. 6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. 7For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together. 8And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken. 9Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein. 10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed. 12Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces. 13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. 14How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war? 15Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts. 16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod! 18O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds. 19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done? 20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. 21And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath, 22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 24and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
26Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head. 28O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss. 29We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing. 31Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn. 32With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen. 33And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting. 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate. 35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished. 37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah. 39How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him. 40For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. 41Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah. 43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah. 44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
45They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity. 47Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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Jeremiah 48
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Judgment on Moab
1 # ch. 25:21; 2 Kgs. 24:2; See Isa. 15–16; Ezek. 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zeph. 2:8, 9 Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to #ver. 22; Num. 32:3 Nebo, for it is laid waste!
# ver. 23; Num. 32:37; Josh. 13:19; Ezek. 25:9 Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame #ver. 20, 39and broken down;
2the renown of Moab is no more.
In #ver. 34, 45; ch. 49:3; Num. 32:37; Isa. 15:4 Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off #[ch. 31:36] from being a nation!’
You also, O #[Isa. 10:31]Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3“A voice! A cry from #Isa. 15:5; [ver. 34]Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
4Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 # [See ver. 3 above] For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;#48:5 Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
for #[See ver. 3 above]at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry#48:5 Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry of destruction.
6Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like #ch. 17:6a juniper in the desert!
7For, #ch. 49:4 because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and #Num. 21:29 Chemosh #[Isa. 46:2] shall go into exile
with #ch. 49:3his priests and his officials.
8 # ch. 6:26 The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and #ver. 21; Josh. 13:9, 17, 21; [Deut. 3:10]the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
9“Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
10 #
Judg. 5:23; [1 Sam. 15:3, 9; 1 Kgs. 20:42] “Cursed is he who does #[1 Cor. 15:58]the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
11“Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has #Zeph. 1:12settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
12“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his#48:12 Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their jars in pieces. 13Then #[Num. 21:29; Isa. 16:14] Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as #[Hos. 10:6] the house of Israel was ashamed of #[1 Kgs. 12:29]Bethel, their confidence.
14“How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
15The destroyer of #ver. 8, 18, 20; Isa. 15:1 Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have #ch. 50:27 gone down to slaughter,
declares #See ch. 46:18the King, #See ch. 46:18whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 # [Isa. 15:4, 5; 16:7] Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, #[Isa. 9:4; 14:5]‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
18 # [Isa. 47:1] “Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of #Num. 21:30; Isa. 15:2Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 # [1 Sam. 4:13, 16; Nah. 2:1] Stand by the way #[1 Sam. 4:13, 16; Nah. 2:1] and watch,
O inhabitant of #Deut. 2:36; Josh. 13:9Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
20Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
# [See ver. 17 above] wail and cry!
Tell it beside #Isa. 16:2 the Arnon,
that #[See ver. 15 above]Moab is laid waste.
21“Judgment has come upon #ver. 8; Num. 21:23 the tableland, upon Holon, and #Josh. 13:18Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22and #[See ver. 18 above] Dibon, and #Num. 33:46; Isa. 15:2Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23and #See ver. 1 Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and #[Josh. 13:17; 1 Chr. 5:8]Beth-meon, 24and #Amos 2:2 Kerioth, and #ch. 49:13, 22; Isa. 63:1Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25#[Ps. 75:10] The horn of Moab is cut off, and #[Ezek. 30:21]his arm is broken, declares the Lord.
26 # ch. 25:27; 51:39; Isa. 19:14 “Make him drunk, #ver. 42 because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall #ch. 25:27; 51:39; Isa. 19:14 wallow in his vomit, #ver. 39and he too shall be held in derision. 27#Zeph. 2:8; [Ezek. 25:8] Was not Israel a derision to you? #[ch. 2:26] Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him #Ps. 64:8; Lam. 2:15; Matt. 27:39you wagged your head?
28 # ver. 9 “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be #Ps. 55:6, 7; Song 2:14like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 #
Isa. 16:6
We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
# [ch. 50:36] his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 #
Isa. 15:5; 16:7, 11 Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of #[2 Kgs. 3:25]Kir-hareseth I mourn.
32More than for #Num. 21:32 Jazer I weep for you,
#
Isa. 16:8, 9 O vine of #Josh. 13:19 Sibmah!
# [Ps. 80:11] Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of #Num. 21:32 Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 #
Isa. 16:10
Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
34 # See Isa. 15:4-6 “From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to #ver. 3Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in #[Isa. 15:2; 16:12; Ezek. 20:29]the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of #See ver. 31 Kir-hareseth. #Isa. 15:7Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
37 #
Isa. 15:2, 3 “For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. #[ch. 47:5] On all the hands are gashes, and #ch. 49:3; Lam. 2:10; See ch. 4:8around the waist is sackcloth. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like #[ch. 22:28]a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39How it is broken! How they wail! #[ver. 6] How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab #ver. 26has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
40For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, #ch. 49:22; [Deut. 28:49; Ezek. 17:3] one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
# [Isa. 8:8] and spread his wings against Moab;
41 # ver. 24 the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
# [Isa. 13:7, 8] The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of #See ch. 6:24a woman in her birth pains;
42Moab shall be #[Isa. 7:8] destroyed and be no longer a people,
because #ver. 26he magnified himself against the Lord.
43 #
Isa. 24:17, 18; Lam. 3:47 Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
44He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
# [ch. 11:23] For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
45“In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed #Num. 24:17the forehead of Moab,
the crown of #Num. 24:17the sons of tumult.
46 # See ver. 1 Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of #ver. 13Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 # [ch. 46:27; 49:39] Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
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