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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