Jer 48 | ABEn | STEP | To Moab, thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo, for it was destroyed; Kiriathaim was taken; [ 3 was shamed 1 the 2 fortification]; it was vanquished.

Jeremiah 48

CHAPTER 48 Judgment against Moab

1 To Moab, thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo, for it was destroyed; Kiriathaim was taken; [³was shamed ¹the ²fortification]; it was vanquished. 2 [²is not ³still ⁴prancing ¹Moab]. In Heshbon he devised for her bad things. Come and we should cut her from being a nation, and by cessation she shall cease; [³behind ⁴you ²shall proceed ¹a sword]. 3 For there is a voice of men crying out of Horonaim, ruin and [²destruction ¹great]. 4 Moab is destroyed. Announce in Zogora! 5 for Luhith is filled with weeping. It shall ascend weeping in the way of Horonaim. [²a cry ³of destruction ¹You heard]. 6 Flee and escape with your lives! and you shall be as [²donkey ¹a wild] in the wilderness. 7 Since you had relied on your fortresses and in your treasures, then you shall be seized. And Chemosh shall go forth in resettlement -- his priests and his rulers together. 8 And [²shall come ¹ruin] upon every city; and a city in no way shall be delivered. And [³shall be destroyed ¹the ²canyon], and [²shall be utterly destroyed ¹the plain], as the lord said. 9 Put signs upon Moab, for by an infection she shall be kindled; and all her cities [²for ³an untrodden land ¹shall be], because of the not being one dwelling in her. 10 Cursed is the one doing the work of the lord indifferently, and cursed is the one lifting away his sword from blood. 11 Moab rested from boyhood, and is relying upon his glory. He has not poured dregs from receptacle unto receptacle, and into settlement he has not set out. On account of this [²stood ¹his taste] with him, his scent dissipated not. 12 On account of this, behold, days come, says the lord, and I will send to him ones leaning him down, and they shall lean him down, and [²his vessels ¹they shall thin out], and his horns shall break. 13 And Moab shall be disgraced from Chemosh, as [⁴was disgraced ¹the ²house ³of Israel] from Beth-el their hope, having relied upon themselves. 14 How will you say, We are strong, and each man strong for war. 15 Moab is destroyed. His city and [²choice ³young men ¹his] went down to slaughter, says the king -- the lord of the forces is his name. 16 Near is the day of Moab to come, and his harm [²quickly ¹very]. 17 Move him, all ones round about him! All seeing his name, say! O how is [³broken ²staff ¹the renowned], the rod of magnificence. 18 Come down from glory, and sit [²in ³wetness ¹being sat down], O daughter of Dibon! for Moab is destroyed; one ascended unto you laying waste your fortress. 19 Upon the way stand and look! O one sitting down in Aroer. And ask the one fleeing and escaping! And say, What happened? 20 Moab was disgraced, for he is broken. Shriek and cry out! Announce in Arnon! that Moab is destroyed 21 and judgment is come unto the land of Misor, upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Diblathaim, 23 and upon Kiriathaim, and upon the house of Gamul, and upon the house of Meon, 24 and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of Moab -- the ones at a distance, and the ones near. 25 [³was broken ¹The horn ²of Moab], and his forearm was destroyed, says the lord. 26 Intoxicate him! for [²against ³the lord ¹he was magnified]. And Moab shall strike with his hand, and will be for laughter, even himself, 27 and to us for a joke it was to you, O Israel, and among your stealth he was found, for you waged war along with him. 28 [⁴left ⁵the ⁶cities ⁷and ⁸lived ⁹in ¹⁰rocks ¹The ones ²dwelling ³in Moab]; they became as doves nesting in rocks, at the mouth of a pit. 29 I heard the insolence of Moab (he insulted exceedingly) and his insult and his pride; and [²was raised up high ¹his heart]. 30 But I know, says the lord, of his works; is it not enough for him? Is it not thus he did? 31 On account of this [²for ³Moab ¹shriek] on all sides! Yell over men of Keir Heres of squalid conditions! 32 As weeping of Jazer, I shall weep over you. O grapevine of Sibmah, your vine branches went through the sea; [²city ³of Jazer ¹they touched]. Upon your autumn fruits and upon your grape gatherers ruin fell. 33 [²was seized ¹Cause for joy], and gladness from Carmel, even from the land of the Moabites; and wine in your wine vats [²by morning ¹they treaded not], nor at evening. They did not make a joyful acclamation. 34 From a cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz, they gave out their voice; from Zoar unto Horonaim, even as a heifer of three years. For also the water of Nimrim [²for ³burning ¹will be]. 35 And I will destroy Moab, says the lord, the one ascending unto the shrine and burning incense to his gods. 36 On account of this the heart of Moab [²as ³pipes ¹shall resonate]; and my heart [⁴against ⁵men ⁶of Keir ⁷Heres ²as ³a pipe ¹shall resonate]. On account of this, what he procured perished from man. 37 Every head in every place shall be shaved, and every beard shall be shaved, and all hands shall beat their chest, and upon every loin there shall be sackcloth, 38 even upon all the roofs of Moab, and upon its squares. For I broke Moab, says the lord, as a receptacle of which there is no need of it. 39 O how he reconciled. O how [²turned ³his back ¹Moab]. [²was shamed ³and ⁴became ¹Moab] for laughter, and an object of anger to all the ones round about her. 40 For thus said the lord, As an eagle, he shall spread and stetch out his wings for Moab. 41 Kerioth was taken, and the fortresses were seized. And [⁶shall be ¹the ²heart ³of the ⁴might ⁵of Moab] in that day as the heart of a woman in travail. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a multitude, for [²against ³the ⁴ lord ¹it magnified itself]. 43 A snare, and fear, and a pit, are upon you, O one settled of Moab, says the lord. 44 The one fleeing from the face of fear shall fall into the cesspool; and the one ascending from out of the cesspool even shall be seized in the snare. For I shall bring these things upon Moab in the year of her visitation, says the lord. 45 In the shadow of Heshbon they stopped -- of the force fleeing. For fire came forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it devoured the side of Moab, and the top of the sons of Saon. 46 Woe to you Moab. [⁴were destroyed ¹the ²people ³of Chemosh]. For they took your sons and your daughters for captivity. 47 And I shall return the captivity of Moab in the last days, says the lord. Unto this is the judgment of Moab.