Isa 25:10-12, Jer 48, Eze 25:8-11, Amo 2:1-3, Zep 2:8-11 | ESV | STEP | For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain , and Moab shall be trampled down in his place , as straw is trampled down in a dunghill .

10 For the hand of the Lord will rest ^aon this mountain,
and ^bMoab 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}
11 ^dAnd he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but the Lord ^ewill lay low his pompous pride together with the skill ^{▼▼Or in spite of the skill} of his hands.
12 And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

Jeremiah 48

Judgment on Moab

1 ^gConcerning Moab.

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

“Woe to ^hNebo, for it is laid waste!
ⁱKiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^jand broken down;
2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^kHeshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off ^lfrom being a nation!’
You also, O ^mMadmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3 “A voice! A cry from ⁿHoronaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 ^oFor at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping; ^{▼▼Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping}
for ^qat 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 ^sa juniper in the desert!
7 For, ^tbecause you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and ^uChemosh ^vshall go into exile
with ^whis priests and his officials.
8 ^xThe destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and ^ythe 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 ^z“Cursed is he who does ^aathe 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 ^absettled 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 ^adMoab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as ^aethe house of Israel was ashamed of ^afBethel, their confidence.

14 “How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
15 The destroyer of ^agMoab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have ^ahgone down to slaughter,
declares ^aithe King, ^ajwhose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 ^akGrieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, ^al‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
18 ^am“Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of ^anDibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 ^aoStand by the way ^apand watch,
O inhabitant of ^aqAroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
^arwail and cry!
Tell it beside ^asthe Arnon,
that ^atMoab is laid waste.
21 “Judgment has come upon ^authe tableland, upon Holon, and ^avJahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and ^awDibon, and ^axNebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and ^ayKiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and ^azBeth-meon, 24 and ^baKerioth, and ^bbBozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 ^bcThe horn of Moab is cut off, and ^bdhis arm is broken, declares the Lord.

26 ^be“Make him drunk, ^bfbecause he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall ^bgwallow in his vomit, ^bhand he too shall be held in derision. 27 ^biWas not Israel a derision to you? ^bjWas he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him ^bkyou wagged your head?

28 ^bl“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be ^bmlike the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 ^bnWe 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;
^bohis boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 ^bpTherefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of ^bqKir-hareseth I mourn.
32 More than for ^brJazer I weep for you,
^bsO vine of ^btSibmah!
^buYour branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of ^bvJazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 ^bwGladness 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 ^bx“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to ^byHoronaim 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 ^bzthe 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 ^caKir-hareseth. ^cbTherefore the riches they gained have perished.

37 ^cc“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. ^cdOn all the hands are gashes, and ^cearound 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 ^cfa vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! ^cgHow Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab ^chhas become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

40 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^cione shall fly swiftly like an eagle
^cjand spread his wings against Moab;
41 ^ckthe cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
^clThe heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of ^cma woman in her birth pains;
42 Moab shall be ^cndestroyed and be no longer a people,
because ^cohe magnified himself against the Lord.
43 ^cpTerror, 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.
^cqFor 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 ^crthe forehead of Moab,
the crown of ^csthe sons of tumult.
46 ^ctWoe to you, O Moab!
The people of ^cuChemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 ^cvYet 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 ^cwMoab and ^cxSeir ^{▼▼Septuagint lacks and Seir} said, ‘Behold, the ^czhouse of Judah is like all the other nations,’ 9 therefore ^daI will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^dbBeth-jeshimoth, ^dcBaal-meon, and ^ddKiriathaim. 10 I will give it ^dealong with the Ammonites ^dfto the people of the East as a possession, ^dgthat the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 ^dhand I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^diThen they will know that I am the Lord.

Amos 2:1-3

1 Thus says the Lord:

^dj“For three transgressions of ^dkMoab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, ^{▼▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6}
because ^dmhe 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 ^dnKerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 ^doI will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill ^dpall its princes ^{▼▼Or officials} with him,”

says the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:8-11

8 “I have heard ^drthe taunts of Moab
and ^dsthe revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts ^dtagainst their territory.
9 Therefore, ^duas I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become ^dvlike Sodom,
and the Ammonites ^dwlike Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return ^dxfor their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
^dyfor he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and ^dzto him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all ^eathe lands of the nations.