Isa 15-16, 25:10, Jer 9:26, Jer 48, Eze 25:8-11, Amo 2:1-3 | ESV | STEP | An oracle concerning Moab . Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night , Moab is undone ; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night , Moab is undone .

1 An ^aoracle concerning ^bMoab.

Because ^cAr of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because ^dKir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.
2 He has gone up to the temple, ^{▼▼Hebrew the house} and to ^fDibon,
to the high places ^{▼▼Or temple, even Dibon to the high places} to weep;
over ^hNebo and over ⁱMedeba
Moab ^jwails.
On every head is ^kbaldness;
every beard is shorn;
3 in the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
4 ^lHeshbon and ^mElealeh cry out;
their voice is heard as far as ⁿJahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
his soul trembles.
5 My heart cries out for Moab;
her fugitives flee to Zoar,
to ^oEglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ^pascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to ^qHoronaim
they raise a cry of destruction;
6 the waters of ^rNimrim
are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
the greenery is no more.
7 ^sTherefore the abundance they have gained
and what they have laid up
they carry away
over the Brook of the Willows.
8 For a cry has gone
around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
9 For the waters of ^tDibon ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Vulgate (compare Syriac); Masoretic Text Dimon; twice in this verse} are full of blood;
for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
^va lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.

Isaiah 16

1 ^wSend the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from ^xSela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 Like fleeing birds,
like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
at ^ythe fords of the Arnon.
3 “Give counsel;
grant justice;
^zmake your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;
4 let ^aathe outcasts of Moab
sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them}
from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
5 ^acthen a throne will be established in steadfast love,
and on it will sit in faithfulness
in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
and is swift to do righteousness.”
6 ^adWe have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
^aeof his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.
7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
^aflet everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the ^agraisin cakes of ^ahKir-hareseth.
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish,
and ^aithe vine of Sibmah;
the lords of the nations
have struck down its branches,
which reached to Jazer
and strayed to the desert;
its shoots spread abroad
and passed over the sea.
9 Therefore ^ajI weep with ^akthe weeping of Jazer
for the vine of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh;
for over ^alyour summer fruit and your harvest
the shout has ceased.
10 ^amAnd joy and gladness are taken away from ^anthe fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no ^aosongs are sung,
no cheers are raised;
no ^aptreader treads out wine ^aqin the presses;
I have put an end to the shouting.
11 Therefore ^army inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
12 And when Moab presents himself, when ^ashe wearies himself on ^atthe high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

13 This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab ^auin the past. 14 But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, ^avlike the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be ^awvery few and feeble.”

Isaiah 25:10

10 For the hand of the Lord will rest ^axon this mountain,
and ^ayMoab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill. ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for dunghill and for the Moabite town Madmen (Jeremiah 48:2) sound alike}

Jeremiah 9:26

26 ^baEgypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and ^bball who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are ^bcuncircumcised in heart.”

Jeremiah 48

Judgment on Moab

1 ^bdConcerning Moab.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to ^beNebo, for it is laid waste!
^bfKiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^bgand broken down;
2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^bhHeshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off ^bifrom being a nation!’
You also, O ^bjMadmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3 “A voice! A cry from ^bkHoronaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 ^blFor at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping; ^{▼▼Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping}
for ^bnat the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry} of destruction.
6 Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like ^bpa juniper in the desert!
7 For, ^bqbecause you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and ^brChemosh ^bsshall go into exile
with ^bthis priests and his officials.
8 ^buThe destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and ^bvthe plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
9 “Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
10 ^bw“Cursed is he who does ^bxthe work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has ^bysettled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
12 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his ^{▼▼Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their} jars in pieces. 13 Then ^caMoab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as ^cbthe house of Israel was ashamed of ^ccBethel, their confidence.

14 “How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
15 The destroyer of ^cdMoab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have ^cegone down to slaughter,
declares ^cfthe King, ^cgwhose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 ^chGrieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, ^ci‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
18 ^cj“Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of ^ckDibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 ^clStand by the way ^cmand watch,
O inhabitant of ^cnAroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
^cowail and cry!
Tell it beside ^cpthe Arnon,
that ^cqMoab is laid waste.
21 “Judgment has come upon ^crthe tableland, upon Holon, and ^csJahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and ^ctDibon, and ^cuNebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and ^cvKiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and ^cwBeth-meon, 24 and ^cxKerioth, and ^cyBozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 ^czThe horn of Moab is cut off, and ^dahis arm is broken, declares the Lord.

26 ^db“Make him drunk, ^dcbecause he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall ^ddwallow in his vomit, ^deand he too shall be held in derision. 27 ^dfWas not Israel a derision to you? ^dgWas he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him ^dhyou wagged your head?

28 ^di“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be ^djlike the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 ^dkWe have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
^dlhis boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 ^dmTherefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of ^dnKir-hareseth I mourn.
32 More than for ^doJazer I weep for you,
^dpO vine of ^dqSibmah!
^drYour branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of ^dsJazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 ^dtGladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
34 ^du“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to ^dvHoronaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in ^dwthe high place and makes offerings to his god. 36 Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of ^dxKir-hareseth. ^dyTherefore the riches they gained have perished.

37 ^dz“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. ^eaOn all the hands are gashes, and ^ebaround the waist is sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like ^eca vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! ^edHow Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab ^eehas become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

40 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^efone shall fly swiftly like an eagle
^egand spread his wings against Moab;
41 ^ehthe cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
^eiThe heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of ^eja woman in her birth pains;
42 Moab shall be ^ekdestroyed and be no longer a people,
because ^elhe magnified himself against the Lord.
43 ^emTerror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!

declares the Lord.
44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
^enFor I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed ^eothe forehead of Moab,
the crown of ^epthe sons of tumult.
46 ^eqWoe to you, O Moab!
The people of ^erChemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 ^esYet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

Ezekiel 25:8-11

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

8 “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^etMoab and ^euSeir ^{▼▼Septuagint lacks and Seir} said, ‘Behold, the ^ewhouse of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9 therefore ^exI will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^eyBeth-jeshimoth, ^ezBaal-meon, and ^faKiriathaim. 10 I will give it ^fbalong with the Ammonites ^fcto the people of the East as a possession, ^fdthat the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 ^feand I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^ffThen they will know that I am the Lord.

Amos 2:1-3

1 Thus says the Lord:

^fg“For three transgressions of ^fhMoab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, ^{▼▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6}
because ^fjhe burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ^fkKerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 ^flI will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill ^fmall its princes ^{▼▼Or officials} with him,”

says the Lord.