Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab thus saith the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

Howsoever Moab, an ancient enemy, though near in blood to Israel, may prosper for a time, after that both Israel and Judah are overthrown, yet he shall not escape the severe hand of God; woe therefore unto the chief cities of the Moabites; to Nebo, to Kirjath-jearim, and to Misgab, for they all shall be destroyed!

Jeremiah 48:2

There shall be no more praise of Moab: in

II II 2 Heshbon they have devised evil against it: come, and let us cut it off from being a nation, &c. The like ruin shall befall to the rest of their cities, to Heshbon and to Madmena: the Chaldees have resolved and threatened, to cut off Moab from being a nation.

Jeremiah 48:5

For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

In the mountains and valleys, shall be nothing but howling and desolation; while the Moabites climb up the hill to the high-seated city of Luhith, and while they pass down to the plain of Horonaim: they shall not be able to contain themselves from lamentation, so as their very enemies shall hear their womanish and fearful ejulations.

Jeremiah 48:6

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Away, and flee, if ye may, O ye Moabites: save your lives by a speedy flight; and get you into the wilderness, and live there, though ye be but like the shrubby heath, that hath a low and obscure being in the desert.

Jeremiah 48:7

And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

And Chemosh, thy false god, unto whose aid thou hast trusted, shall go into captivity with thee; and his priests, and those idolatrous princes that worship him: ye shall all go together.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

And now, O ye Chaldeans, bestir you in this slaughter: lay about you, and spare none; it is God’s revenge, which ye do now execute: cursed be ye, if ye slacken your hands, and keep back your sword from blood.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab 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 remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

While Israel was in continual exercise and correction, Moab hath a long time taken his ease; and hath been as a vessel of strong wine, that hath been long settled upon his lees, not at all racked or drawn out into another vessel; so as he hath his full vigour, and verdure of his long-continued pleasure and felicity still in him, without all diminution or change.

Jeremiah 48:12

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

I will therefore send enemies upon Moab, which shall alter the ease with him; which shall broach these their settled vessels, and draw them out into a grievous captivity, and break their cask in pieces.

Jeremiah 48:13

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

And Moab shall be ashamed of his god Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of their calves in Dan and Beth-el, wherein they vainly trusted.

Jeremiah 48:17

How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

How is this strong and glorious nation, on whom we leaned, as the staff of our confidence, broken in pieces, &c.

Jeremiah 48:18

Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

And thou, O Dibon, the fair city of Moab, come down from thy glory, and take up with the lot of thy neighbours; thirst, distress, destruction.

Jeremiah 48:19

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

And ye inhabitants of Aroer, who durst not trust to your walls, but are fled into the desert, run to the wayside, and ask of the still-fleeing passengers, even of the women that have escaped, what the Chaldees have done to your forsaken walls and houses.

Jeremiah 48:21

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath.

And judgment is come upon all the parts of the land of Moab, both the mountainous tracts thereof and the plains; upon all the several cities that appertain thereunto, as upon Holon, Jahazah, Mephaath, &c. So verse 22, 23, 24.

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

The pride of Moab is cut off, and the strength of it is broken, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:26

Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Lay deep and grievous afflictions upon him, O ye Chaldees: let him drink largely of your vengeance, for he lifted himself up against the Lord: let him be overfilled with sorrow and anguish, and be exposed to the scorn and derision of the world.

Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

For was not Israel a scorn and derision unto thee? yea, was he not causelessly so? for what had he offended thee? however guilty he were in his carriage to mewards, yet to thee he was inoffensive; notwithstanding thou insultedst in his fall, and joyedst in his miscarriage.

Jeremiah 48:28

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock.

O ye Moabites, run from your cities and defenced places, and hide yourselves in the holes of the rocks.

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

I know his great stomach and his proud brags, but it shall not be so with him, as he imagineth: his great words and presumptuous undertakings shall not carry it.

Jeremiah 48:32

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer.

O thou city and religion of Sibmah, famous for the excellency and fruitfulness of thy vines, I will weep for thy destruction, as I wept before for the vastation of Jazer thy neighbour: thy citizens are transplanted, and carried over the sea; they are carried down to be shipped at the port of Jazer.

Jeremiah 48:37

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

There shall be all the signs and effects of an extreme mourning, all over the coasts of Moab: every head shall be shaven, every beard clipt, every skin slashed, and every of their loins covered with sackcloth.

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus saith the LORD; Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

The Chaldean shall come swiftly upon him, as an eagle upon his prey, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

Jeremiah 48:45

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

They that fled, thought they should find good shelter in the strong forts of Heshbon, but they shall be deceived; for, so far shall Heshbon be from being able to defend itself, that the destruction, which shall begin there, shall reach unto all the utmost parts of the dominions of Moab, and shall light upon the head of those insolent undertakers that were the cause of these wars and tumults.

Jeremiah 48:46

The people of Chemosh perisheth.

The people, that worshipped their false god Chemosh, perisheth.