English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 48, verse 11 in Litv Version

Jeremiah 48 : 1 (LITV)

So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, against Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is ravaged! Kiriathaim is put to shame and captured. The fortress is put to shame and razed.

Jeremiah 48 : 2 (LITV)

Moab shall not still be praised. In Heshbon they have plotted evil against it, saying, Come and let us cut it off as a nation. And you shall be silenced, O madmen; a sword will go after you,

Jeremiah 48 : 3 (LITV)

a voice of crying from Horonaim, plundering and great ruin!

Jeremiah 48 : 4 (LITV)

Moab is broken up; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

Jeremiah 48 : 5 (LITV)

For in the ascent to Luhith, they shall go up with great weeping. For in the descent to Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of ruin.

Jeremiah 48 : 6 (LITV)

Flee! Save your lives, and be like a naked thing in the wilderness.

Jeremiah 48 : 7 (LITV)

For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be captured. And Chemosh shall go into exile; both his priests and his rulers.

Jeremiah 48 : 8 (LITV)

And a plunderer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape. Also the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as Jehovah has spoken.

Jeremiah 48 : 9 (LITV)

Give wings to Moab, for it will fly away; and its cities shall be a desert, without an inhabitant in them.

Jeremiah 48 : 10 (LITV)

Cursed is he who does the work of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

Jeremiah 48 : 11 (LITV)

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into captivity. So his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 48 : 12 (LITV)

So, behold, the days come, declares Jehovah, that I will send pourers to him, who shall pour him off, and shall empty his vessels, and break their jars in pieces.

Jeremiah 48 : 13 (LITV)

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of their confidence in Bethel.

Jeremiah 48 : 14 (LITV)

How do you say, We are mighty and strong men for war?

Jeremiah 48 : 15 (LITV)

Moab is ravaged, and her cities have come up. And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.

Jeremiah 48 : 16 (LITV)

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his evil hurries fast.

Jeremiah 48 : 17 (LITV)

All who are around him mourn for him. And all who know his name, say, How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!

Jeremiah 48 : 18 (LITV)

O dweller, daughter of Dibon, come down from glory and sit in thirst. For a ravager of Moab shall come on you; he has ruined your strongholds.

Jeremiah 48 : 19 (LITV)

O dweller of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, What has happened?

Jeremiah 48 : 20 (LITV)

Moab is put to shame, for it is torn down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is ravaged.

Jeremiah 48 : 21 (LITV)

And judgment has come to the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48 : 22 (LITV)

and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,

Jeremiah 48 : 23 (LITV)

and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,

Jeremiah 48 : 24 (LITV)

and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

Jeremiah 48 : 25 (LITV)

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48 : 26 (LITV)

Make Him drunk, for he magnified himself against Jehovah. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be a mockery.

Jeremiah 48 : 27 (LITV)

For was not Israel a mockery to you? Was he found among thieves? For ever since you spoke of him, you lamented.

Jeremiah 48 : 28 (LITV)

Dwellers of Moab, leave the cities, and live in the rock, and be like the dove who makes her nest in the sides of the mouth of the pit.

Jeremiah 48 : 29 (LITV)

We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and his elevated heart.

Jeremiah 48 : 30 (LITV)

I have known, declares Jehovah, his wrath, and it is not so; his lie, they have not done so.

Jeremiah 48 : 31 (LITV)

On account of this I will wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, and he shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

Jeremiah 48 : 32 (LITV)

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have crossed the sea; they reach to the sea of Jazer. A ravager has fallen on your harvest, and on your grape crop.

Jeremiah 48 : 33 (LITV)

And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses. None shall tread the grapes with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

Jeremiah 48 : 34 (LITV)

From the city of Heshbon to Elealeh, to Jahaz, they have given their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, like a heifer three years old. For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 48 : 35 (LITV)

Also I will cause him who offers in the high places to cease in Moab, says Jehovah, and he who burns incense to his gods.

Jeremiah 48 : 36 (LITV)

On account of this my heart shall mourn for Moab, like flutes; and my heart shall sound like flutes for the men of Kirheres, because the riches that he has gotten have perished.

Jeremiah 48 : 37 (LITV)

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and sackcloth on the loins.

Jeremiah 48 : 38 (LITV)

On all Moab's housetops, and in its streets, is wailing for all. For I have broken Moab like a vessel; no pleasure is in it, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48 : 39 (LITV)

They shall howl, saying, How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back in shame! So Moab shall be a mockery, and a terror to all those around him.

Jeremiah 48 : 40 (LITV)

For so says Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle, and shall spread his wings toward Moab.

Jeremiah 48 : 41 (LITV)

Kerioth is captured, and the strongholds are seized. And the mighty men's hearts in Moab shall be at that day like the heart of a woman being distressed.

Jeremiah 48 : 42 (LITV)

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48 : 43 (LITV)

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be on you, O one living in Moab, declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48 : 44 (LITV)

He who flees from the dread shall fall into the pit. And he who goes up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring it on Moab, the year of their punishment, declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 48 : 45 (LITV)

Those who fled stood powerless in the shadow of Heshbon, for a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame out of the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the sons of tumult.

Jeremiah 48 : 46 (LITV)

Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished. For your sons are taken away into exile, and your daughters into exile.

Jeremiah 48 : 47 (LITV)

But I will restore the prisoners of Moab in the end of the days, declares Jehovah. So far is the judgment of Moab.