Prophecy against Moab
1 Concerning (A)Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
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“Moab is broken,
Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
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8 Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
“A destroyer will come to every city,
So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the (J)plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
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So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the (J)plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
12 Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter (h)his jars.
13 And Moab will be (S)ashamed of (T)Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of (U)Bethel, their confidence.
21 “Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, (AG)Jahzah and against (AH)Mephaath,
22 against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,
23 against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul and (AI)Beth-meon,
24 against (AJ)Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
25 The (AK)horn of Moab has been cut off and his (AL)arm broken,” declares the Lord.
26 “(AM)Make him drunk, for he has (o)become (AN)arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will (p)wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
27 Now was not Israel a (AO)laughingstock to you? Or was he (q)(AP)caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you (AQ)shake your head in scorn.
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“I know his (AV)fury,” declares the Lord,
“But it is futile;
His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
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“But it is futile;
His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
34 (BC)From the outcry at Heshbon even to (BD)Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have (t)raised their voice, from (BE)Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.
35 I will make an end of Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the (BF)high place and the one who (u)(BG)burns incense to his gods.
36 “Therefore My (BH)heart (v)wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also (w)wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have (BI)lost the abundance it produced.
37 For (BJ)every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and (BK)sackcloth on the loins.
38 On all the (BL)housetops of Moab and in its streets (x)there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable (BM)vessel,” declares the Lord.
39 “How (y)shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an (BN)object of terror to all around him.”
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 48:1: ['Or ', dismayed]
b.
Jeremiah 48:2: ['I.e. a city of Moab']
c.
Jeremiah 48:5: ['Lit ', distresses of outcry]
d.
Jeremiah 48:9: ['Or ', salt]
e.
Jeremiah 48:9: ['Or ', fall in ruins]
f.
Jeremiah 48:11: ['Lit ', his]
g.
Jeremiah 48:11: ['Lit ', his flavor has stayed in him]
h.
Jeremiah 48:12: ['Lit ', their]
i.
Jeremiah 48:15: ['Lit ', one has]
j.
Jeremiah 48:15: ['Lit ', her]
k.
Jeremiah 48:15: ['I.e. warriors']
l.
Jeremiah 48:17: ['Or ', rod]
m.
Jeremiah 48:18: ['Lit ', in thirst]
n.
Jeremiah 48:20: ['Or ', dismayed]
o.
Jeremiah 48:26: ['Or ', magnified himself against]
p.
Jeremiah 48:26: ['Or ', splash into]
q.
Jeremiah 48:27: ['Or ', found]
r.
Jeremiah 48:29: ['Lit ', elevation of his heart]
s.
Jeremiah 48:31: ['Another reading is ', He]
t.
Jeremiah 48:34: ['Lit ', given forth]
u.
Jeremiah 48:35: ['Or ', offers up in smoke]
v.
Jeremiah 48:36: ['Lit ', sounds]
w.
Jeremiah 48:36: ['Lit ', sounds]
x.
Jeremiah 48:38: ['Lit ', all of it is lamentation]
y.
Jeremiah 48:39: ['Or ', dismayed]
z.
Jeremiah 48:42: ['Or ', magnified himself against]
aa.
Jeremiah 48:45: ['Lit ', sons of tumult]
ab.
Jeremiah 48:47: ['Or ', captivity]
ac.
Jeremiah 48:47: ['Lit ', end of the days]
Cross references:
BP.
Jeremiah 48:40:
Isaiah 8:8