Jeremiah 48
48
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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Jeremiah 48
48
A Message About Moab
1This message is about the country of Moab. This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies, the God of Israel, says:
“How terrible it will be for Nebo.
It will be ruined.
The town of Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured.
The strong city will be disgraced and shattered.
2Moab will not be praised again.
Men in the town of Heshbon plan Moab’s defeat.
They say, ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation!’
Town of Madmen, you will also be silenced.
The sword will chase you.
3Listen to the cries from the town of Horonaim.
They are cries of much confusion and destruction.
4Moab will be broken up.
Her little children will cry for help.
5Moab’s people go up the path to Luhith.
They cry loudly as they go.
On the road down to the town of Horonaim,
cries of pain and suffering can be heard.
6Run! Run for your lives!
Go like a bush being blown through the desert.
7You trust in the things you do and in your wealth.
So you also will be captured.
The god Chemosh will be taken into captivity.
And his priests and officers will be taken with him.
8The destroyer will come against every town.
Not one town will escape.
The valley will be ruined.
The high plain will be destroyed.
The Lord said this would happen.
9Spread salt# The salt would keep crops from growing there. over the fields in Moab.
The country will be an empty desert.
Moab’s towns will become empty.
No one will live in them.
10A curse will be on anyone who doesn’t do what the Lord says.
A curse will be on anyone who keeps back his sword from killing.
11“The people of Moab have never known trouble.
They are like wine left to settle.
They have never been poured like wine from one jar to another.
They have not been taken into captivity.
So they taste as they did before.
And their smell has not changed.
12A time is coming,” says the Lord.
“And I will soon send men to pour you from your jars.
Those men will empty Moab’s jars.
And they will smash their jugs.
13The people of Israel trusted that god in Bethel.
They were ashamed when there was no help.
In the same way Moab will be ashamed of their god Chemosh.
14“You cannot say, ‘We are warriors!
We are brave men in battle!’
15The enemy will attack Moab and destroy their towns.
Their best young men will be killed!” says the King.
The King’s name is the Lord of heaven’s armies.
16“The end of Moab is near.
They will soon be destroyed.
17All you who live around Moab, cry for her.
All you who know about her, cry for her.
Say, ‘The ruler’s power is broken.
Moab’s power and glory are gone.’
18“You people living in Dibon, come down from your place of honor.
Sit on the dry ground.
This is because the destroyer of Moab is coming against you.
And he will destroy your strong, walled cities.
19You people living in Aroer,
stand next to the road and watch.
See the man running away and the woman escaping.
Ask them what happened.
20Moab will be ruined and filled with shame.
Cry, Moab, cry out!
Announce at the Arnon River
that Moab is destroyed.
21People on the high plain have been punished.
Judgment has come to these towns:
Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath;
22Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim;
23Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon;
24Kerioth and Bozrah.
Judgment has come to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25Moab’s strength has been cut off.
Moab’s arm is broken!” says the Lord.
26“The people of Moab thought they were greater than the Lord.
So punish Moab until they act as if they are drunk.
Moab will fall and roll around in their own vomit.
People will make fun of them.
27Moab, you made fun of Israel.
Israel was caught in the middle of a gang of thieves.
You often spoke about Israel.
And you shook your head and acted as if you were better than Israel.
28People in Moab, leave your towns empty.
Go live among the rocks.
Be like a dove that makes its nest
at the entrance of a cave!
29“We have heard that the people of Moab are proud
and very conceited.
They are proud and think they are important.
They were very proud in their hearts.”
30The Lord says,
“I know Moab’s quick anger, but it is useless.
Moab’s bragging accomplishes nothing.
31So I cry sadly for Moab.
I cry out for everyone in Moab.
I moan for the men from Kir Hareseth.
32I cry with the people of Jazer
for the grapevines of Sibmah.
In the past your vines spread all the way to the sea.
They reached as far as the sea of Jazer.
But the destroyer has taken
your fruit and grapes.
33Joy and happiness are gone
from the large fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses.
No one walks on the grapes with shouts of joy.
There are shouts,
but not shouts of joy.
34“Their crying can be heard
from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz.
It can be heard from Zoar as far away as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah.
Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
35I will stop Moab
from making burnt offerings at the places of worship.
I will stop them from burning incense to their gods,” says the Lord.
36“My heart cries for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song.
It cries for the people from Kir Hareseth.
Their money and riches have all been taken away.
37Everyone has a shaved head.
Everyone’s beard is cut off.
Everyone’s hands are cut.
Everyone wears rough cloth around his waist.# The people did these things to show their sadness for those who had died.
38People are crying on every roof# In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship and as a place to sleep in the summer. in Moab
and in every public square.
There is nothing but sadness
because I have broken Moab
like a jar no one wants,” says the Lord.
39“Moab is shattered! The people are crying!
Moab turns away in shame!
People all around her make fun of her.
The things that happened fill them with fear.”
40This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is diving down from the sky.
It spreads its wings over Moab.
41The towns of Moab will be captured.
The strong, walled cities will be defeated.
At that time Moab’s warriors will be frightened.
They will feel pain like a woman who is having a baby.
42The nation of Moab will be destroyed.
This is because they thought they were greater than the Lord.
43Fear, deep pits and traps wait for you,
people of Moab,” says the Lord.
44“People will run from fear.
But they will fall into the pits.
Anyone who climbs out of the pits
will be caught in the traps.
I will bring the year of punishment to Moab,” says the Lord.
45“People have run from the powerful enemy.
They ran to Heshbon for safety.
But fire started in Heshbon.
A blaze broke out in Sihon’s town.
And it burns the leaders of Moab.
It destroys those proud people.
46How terrible it will be for you, Moab!
Chemosh’s people are being destroyed.
Your sons and daughters are being taken away as captives.
47“But in days to come,
I will make good things happen again to Moab,” says the Lord.
This ends the judgment on Moab.
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