Jeremiah 48:1-47 - A Message Concerning Moab
1 About Moab,
Kiriathaim will be put to shame;
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
they plan harm against her in Heshbon:
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen,
the sword will pursue you.
“devastation and great disaster!”
her little ones will cry out.
they will be weeping continually,
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:
Be like a juniper bush
you will be captured also.
Chemosh
with his priests and officials.
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,
as the Lord has said.
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
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the Lord’s business deceitfully
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
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settled like wine on its dregs.
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.
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.
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel
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mighty men ready for battle”?
has come up,
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter
the glorious staff!
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resident of the daughter of Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21 “Judgment has come to the land of the plateau
This is the Lord’s declaration.
26 “Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord.
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residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.
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great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
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.
34 “There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz
40 For this is what the Lord says:
and spread his wings against Moab.
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
because he has exalted himself against the Lord.
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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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.
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.