“There shall be no more praise of Moab. In Hezbon they have devised evil against it. Come and let us cut off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O madmen. The sword shall pursue thee.”
Jeremiah 48
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1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
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2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.' You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
3A voice cries out from Horonaim: 'Devastation and great destruction!'
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4Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
“Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.”
5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
“For in the going up of Luhith, continual weeping shall go up. For in the going down to Horeinem, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.”
6'Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.'
“Flee, save your lives. Be like the heath in the wilderness.”
7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
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8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
“any value. The spoiler shall come upon every city. No city will escape. The valley also shall perish and the plain shall be destroyed as the Lord hath spoken.”
9Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
“Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away. For the cities thereof shall be desolate without any to dwell therein.”
10Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
“Cursed be the one who does the Lord's work negligently. And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.”
“Cursed be the one who does the Lord's work with negligence, and cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.”
“cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord negligently and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has settled on his dregs and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore, his taste remained in him and his scent has not changed.”
“Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lease, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity, therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.”
“Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lease and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity. Listen carefully. Therefore his taste remaineth in him and his scent is…”
“Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lease. He hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.”
12Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
“Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.”
“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I shall send him wine workers who will tip him over and empty his vessels and break the bottles.”
“Therefore the days will come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wonderers that shall cause him to wonder and shall empty his vessels and break their bottles.”
13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
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14How can you say, 'We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle'?
“How say ye, we are mighty and strong men for the war.”
15Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
“Moab is spoiled and gone up out of her cities and her chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.”
16Moab's calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
“the disaster of Moab will soon come and his calamity has swiftly hastened.”
17Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
“All ye that are about him, bemoan him and all ye that know his name say, how is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod?”
18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
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19Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, 'What has happened?'
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20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
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21Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
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22upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
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24upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
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25The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken," declares the LORD.
“the horn or strength of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.”
“The horn of Moab has been cut off and the arm broken declares the Lord”
26"Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
“make him drunk for he has become arrogant toward the Lord. So Moab will wallow in his vomit. He also will become a laughingstock.”
“Make ye him drunken for he has magnified himself against the Lord. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit. He shall be in derision.”
27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
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28Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
“O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, dwell in the rock, be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.”
29We have heard of Moab's pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
“We have heard of the pride of Moab. He's very proud of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his self -exaltation.”
30I know his insolence," declares the LORD, "but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
“I know his wrath, saith the Lord, but it shall not be so. His lies shall not so affect it.”
31Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
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32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
“O vine of Sibma, 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. The spoiler has fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.”
33Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
“Joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to fail from the wine presses. None shall tread with shouting. Their shouting shall be no shouting.”
34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
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35In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
“moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places and him that burneth incense to their gods.”
36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
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37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
“For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped, upon all the hands shall be cuttings and upon the loins sackcloth.”
“for every head shall be bald, every beard clipped, upon all the hands shall be cuttings and upon the loins sackcloth.”
38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar," declares the LORD.
“There shall be lamentations generally upon the housetops of Moab and in the streets for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.”
39"How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him."
“They shall howl saying, how is it broken down? How hath Moab turned back with shame? And so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all of them about him.”
40For this is what the LORD says: "Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
“For thus saith the Lord, behold he shall fly as an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.”
41Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
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42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
“Moab shall be destroyed from being a people because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.”
43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab," declares the LORD.
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44"Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment," declares the LORD.
“He that fleeth from the fear shall fall in the pit. He that gets out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.”
45"Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon's shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
“They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force, but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon and the flame from the midst of Sion and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the…”
46Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
“Woe be unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perisheth for thy sons are taken captives and thy daughters captives.”
47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity, " declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
“Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.”
“I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days declares the Lord thus far the judgment on Moab.”