Jeremiah 48 : 1 (HCSB)
About Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed; Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive. The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
Jeremiah 48 : 2 (HCSB)
There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let's cut her off from nationhood. You madmen will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
Jeremiah 48 : 3 (HCSB)
A voice cries out from Horonaim: devastation and great disaster!
Jeremiah 48 : 4 (HCSB)
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Jeremiah 48 : 5 (HCSB)
For on the ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:
Jeremiah 48 : 6 (HCSB)
Flee! Save your lives! Be like a juniper bushin the wilderness.
Jeremiah 48 : 7 (HCSB)
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you will be captured also. Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
Jeremiah 48 : 8 (HCSB)
The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the LORD has said.
Jeremiah 48 : 9 (HCSB)
Make Moab a salt marsh, for she will run away; her towns will become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 48 : 10 (HCSB)
Cursed is the one who does the LORD's business deceitfully, and cursed is the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
Jeremiah 48 : 11 (HCSB)
Moab has been left quiet since his youth, settled [like wine] on its dregs. He hasn't been poured from one container to another or gone into exile. So his taste has remained the same, and his aroma hasn't changed.
Jeremiah 48 : 12 (HCSB)
Therefore look, the days are coming-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- when I will send those to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.
Jeremiah 48 : 13 (HCSB)
Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was put to shame because of Bethel that they trusted in.
Jeremiah 48 : 14 (HCSB)
How can you say, We are warriors-- mighty men [ready] for battle?
Jeremiah 48 : 15 (HCSB)
The destroyer of Moab and its towns has come up, and the best of its young men have gone down to slaughter. [This is] the King's declaration; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Jeremiah 48 : 16 (HCSB)
Moab's calamity is near at hand; his disaster is rushing swiftly.
Jeremiah 48 : 17 (HCSB)
Mourn for him, all you surrounding [nations], everyone who knows his name. Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered, the glorious staff!
Jeremiah 48 : 18 (HCSB)
Come down from glory; sit on parched ground, resident of the daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
Jeremiah 48 : 19 (HCSB)
Stand by the highway and look, resident of Aroer! Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping, What happened?
Jeremiah 48 : 20 (HCSB)
Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Jeremiah 48 : 21 (HCSB)
"Judgment has come to the land of the plateau-- to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
Jeremiah 48 : 22 (HCSB)
Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,
Jeremiah 48 : 23 (HCSB)
Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,
Jeremiah 48 : 24 (HCSB)
Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near.
Jeremiah 48 : 25 (HCSB)
Moab's horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered." [This is] the LORD's declaration.
Jeremiah 48 : 26 (HCSB)
"Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
Jeremiah 48 : 27 (HCSB)
Wasn't Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake [your head]."
Jeremiah 48 : 28 (HCSB)
Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs, residents of Moab! Be like a dove that nests inside the mouth of a cave.
Jeremiah 48 : 29 (HCSB)
We have heard of Moab's pride, great pride, indeed-- his insolence, arrogance, pride, and haughty heart.
Jeremiah 48 : 30 (HCSB)
I know his outburst. [This is] the LORD's declaration. It is empty. His boast is empty.
Jeremiah 48 : 31 (HCSB)
Therefore, I will wail over Moab. I will cry out for Moab, all of it; he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
Jeremiah 48 : 32 (HCSB)
I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah, with more than the weeping for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they have reached to the sea [and to] Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Jeremiah 48 : 33 (HCSB)
Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses; no one will tread with shouts of joy. The shouting is not a shout of joy.
Jeremiah 48 : 34 (HCSB)
"There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz-- from Zoar to Horonaim [and] Eglath-shelishiyah-- because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.
Jeremiah 48 : 35 (HCSB)
In Moab, I will stop"-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- "the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.
Jeremiah 48 : 36 (HCSB)
Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.
Jeremiah 48 : 37 (HCSB)
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
Jeremiah 48 : 38 (HCSB)
On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants." [This is] the LORD's declaration.
Jeremiah 48 : 39 (HCSB)
"How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him."
Jeremiah 48 : 40 (HCSB)
For this is what the LORD says: He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
Jeremiah 48 : 41 (HCSB)
The towns have been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
Jeremiah 48 : 42 (HCSB)
Moab will be destroyed as a people because he has exalted himself against the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 43 (HCSB)
Panic, pit, and trap await you, resident of Moab. [This is] the LORD's declaration.
Jeremiah 48 : 44 (HCSB)
He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. [This is] the LORD's declaration.
Jeremiah 48 : 45 (HCSB)
Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon's shadow because fire has come out from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It will devour Moab's forehead and the skull of the noisemakers.
Jeremiah 48 : 46 (HCSB)
Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished because your sons have been taken captive and your daughters have gone into captivity.
Jeremiah 48 : 47 (HCSB)
Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days. [This is] the LORD's declaration. The judgment on Moab ends here.
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