Jeremiah 48 : 1 (RV)
Of Moab. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken: Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
Jeremiah 48 : 2 (RV)
The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her, Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah 48 : 3 (RV)
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!
Jeremiah 48 : 4 (RV)
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jeremiah 48 : 5 (RV)
For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 48 : 6 (RV)
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Jeremiah 48 : 7 (RV)
For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah 48 : 8 (RV)
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah 48 : 9 (RV)
Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Jeremiah 48 : 10 (RV)
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Jeremiah 48 : 11 (RV)
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48 : 12 (RV)
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
Jeremiah 48 : 13 (RV)
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth�el their confidence.
Jeremiah 48 : 14 (RV)
How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Jeremiah 48 : 15 (RV)
Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into her cities; and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 48 : 16 (RV)
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48 : 17 (RV)
All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Jeremiah 48 : 18 (RV)
O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strong holds.
Jeremiah 48 : 19 (RV)
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?
Jeremiah 48 : 20 (RV)
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Jeremiah 48 : 21 (RV)
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
Jeremiah 48 : 22 (RV)
and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth�diblathaim;
Jeremiah 48 : 23 (RV)
and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth�gamul, and upon Beth�meon;
Jeremiah 48 : 24 (RV)
and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Jeremiah 48 : 25 (RV)
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 26 (RV)
Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against the LORD: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Jeremiah 48 : 27 (RV)
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
Jeremiah 48 : 28 (RV)
O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.
Jeremiah 48 : 29 (RV)
We have heard of the pride of Moab, cf15i that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Jeremiah 48 : 30 (RV)
I know his wrath, saith the LORD, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.
Jeremiah 48 : 31 (RV)
Therefore will I howl for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir�heres shall they mourn.
Jeremiah 48 : 32 (RV)
With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the spoiler is fallen.
Jeremiah 48 : 33 (RV)
And gladness and joy is taken away, from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Jeremiah 48 : 34 (RV)
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath�shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
Jeremiah 48 : 35 (RV)
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Jeremiah 48 : 36 (RV)
Therefore mine heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and mine heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir�heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
Jeremiah 48 : 37 (RV)
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Jeremiah 48 : 38 (RV)
On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 39 (RV)
How is it broken down! cf15i how do they howl! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a dismaying to all that are round about him.
Jeremiah 48 : 40 (RV)
For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Jeremiah 48 : 41 (RV)
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah 48 : 42 (RV)
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 43 (RV)
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 44 (RV)
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48 : 45 (RV)
They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon: for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Jeremiah 48 : 46 (RV)
Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone: for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
Jeremiah 48 : 47 (RV)
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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