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
Prophecies against Moab
1About Moab, # Gn 19:37; Nm 22:1; 24:17; 25:1; Dt 23:3; 34:5-6; Jdg 3:30; Rt 1:2; 2Sm 8:2; 1Kg 11:7; 2Kg 1:1; Is 15:1; Ezk 25:8-11; Am 2:1-2; Zph 2:8-9 this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
Woe to Nebo, # Nm 32:3; Jr 48:22 because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame; # Nm 32:37; Jr 48:23; Ezk 25:9 it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
2There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon: # Jr 48:34,45; 49:3
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen, # A city in Moab you will be silenced;
the sword will pursue # Jr 29:18; Am 1:11 you.
3A voice cries out from Horonaim, # Is 15:5; Jr 48:34
“devastation and great disaster!” # Jr 51:54
4Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
5For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually, # Lit Luhith, weeping goes up with weeping
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction: # Is 15:5
6Flee! Save your lives! # Jr 51:6,45
Be like a juniper bush # Or like Aroer ; Is 17:2; Jr 48:19 # Is 41:19; Jr 17:6 in the wilderness.
7Because you trust in your works # LXX reads strongholds and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh # Nm 1:29; Jdg 11:24; 1Kg 11:7,33; 2Kg 23:13; Jr 48:13,45-47 will go into exile
with his priests and officials. # Jr 49:3
8The destroyer # Jr 6:26; 48:15,18,32 will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated, # Jos 13:9,17,21
as the Lord has said.
9Make Moab a salt marsh, # LXX reads a sign ; Vg reads a flower ; Syr, Tg read a crown # Jdg 9:45; Jr 17:6; Ezk 47:11; Zph 2:9
for she will run away; # Hb obscure
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant. # Jos 8:26; Is 5:9; 6:11; Jr 2:15; 4:29; 6:8; 33:10; 34:22; 44:2,22; 51:37; Zph 3:6
10The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully # Or negligently is cursed, # 1Kg 20:42
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
11Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs. # Ps 75:8; Zph 1:12
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.
12Therefore look, the days are coming # Jr 7:32; 16:14; 19:6; 23:7; 49:2; 51:47,52 —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
when I will send those to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.
13Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel # 1Kg 12:28-33; 13:1-5; 2Kg 10:29; 23:15; Hs 410:15; Am 3:14; 4:4; 5:5-6 that they trusted in.
14How can you say, “We are warriors —
mighty men ready for battle”?
15The destroyer of Moab and its towns
has come up, # Or Moab is destroyed; he has come up against its city
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name. # Jr 46:18; 51:57
16Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
17Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter # Ps 110:2; Ezk 19:11-12,14 is shattered,
the glorious staff!
18Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon, # Jos 13:8-9; Jr 46:19
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer! # Dt 2:36
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping: # 1Sm 4:13,16
What happened?
20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out! # Is 14:31; Jr 25:34; 47:2; Ezk 21:12
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21“Judgment has come to the land of the plateau # Jos 13:17-19 — to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon, # Jos 13:17 24Kerioth, # Jr 48:41; Am 2:2 Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near. 25Moab’s horn is chopped off; # Ps 75:10; Lm 2:3; Am 3:14 his arm is shattered.” # Ps 10:15; 37:17; Jb 38:15; Ezk 30:21-24
This is the Lord’s declaration.
26“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. # Jr 48:42 Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 27Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? # Gn 38: 23; Jb 12:4; Ps 44:14; Jr 20:7; 48:39; Lm 2:15-17; 3:14 Was he ever found among thieves? # Jr 2:26 For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.” # 2Kg 19:21; Jb 2:11; 16:4; 42:11; Ps 22:7; 64:8; 69:20; 109:25; Is 37:22; 51:19; Jr 15:5; 18:16; Lm 2:15; Nah 3:7
28Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave. # Is 2:19-21
29We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed —
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
30I know his outburst.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.
31Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer. # Some Hb mss read reached as far as Jazer
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy. # Is 16:7-10
34“There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz # Is 15:4-6 — from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah — because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate. 35In Moab, I will stop” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods. # Jr 11:12-13; 18:15 36Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, # Is 15:5 and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished. 37Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; # Is 15:2-3; Jr 47:5 on every hand is a gash # Lv 19:28; 21:5; Jr 5:7; 41:5; 47:5 and sackcloth # Jr 4:8; 6:26; 49:3 around the waist. 38On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” # Jr 22:28 This is the Lord’s declaration. 39“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.” # Is 16:6-11; Zph 2:9-10
40For this is what the Lord says:
He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab. # Dt 28:49; Jr 49:22
41The towns have # Or Kerioth has been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions. # Is 13:8; Jr 49:22
42Moab will be destroyed as a people
because he has exalted himself against the Lord. # Jr 48:26
43Panic, # Jr 30:5; 49:5 pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
44He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment. # Jr 23:12
This is the Lord’s declaration. # Is 24:17-18
45Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab’s forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.
46Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity. # Nm 21:28-29
47Yet, I will restore the fortunes # Or will end the captivity of Moab in the last days. # Jr 49:6,39
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.
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