Jeremiah 48
1 To Moab: This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “How terrible for Nebo, for it’s laid waste. Kiriathaim is put to shame, it’s captured. The fortress is put to shame, it’s shattered.ISV — Jeremiah 48:1
2 The pride of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they plotted evil against her: ‘Come and let’s eliminate her as a nation.’ Madmen will also be silenced, and the sword will pursue you.ISV — Jeremiah 48:2
3 The sound of crying will come from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction.ISV — Jeremiah 48:3
4 Moab will be destroyed; her little ones will cry out.ISV — Jeremiah 48:4
5 Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard.ISV — Jeremiah 48:5
6 Flee, save your lives, and you will be like a wild donkey in the desert.ISV — Jeremiah 48:6
7 But, because you trust in your deeds and your riches, you will also be captured. Chemosh will go out into exile, along with his priests and officials.ISV — Jeremiah 48:7
8 A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed.” This is what the LORD has said!ISV — Jeremiah 48:8
9 “Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.ISV — Jeremiah 48:9
10 Cursed is the one who is slack in doing the LORD’s work. Cursed is the one who holds back his sword from shedding blood.ISV — Jeremiah 48:10
11 Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine on its dregs and not poured from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into exile. Therefore, his flavor has remained, and his aroma has not changed.ISV — Jeremiah 48:11
12 “Therefore, look, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I’ll send those who tip over vessels to him, and they’ll tip him over. They’ll empty his vessels and shatter his jars.ISV — Jeremiah 48:12
13 Moab will be ashamed because of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed because of Bethel, their confidence.ISV — Jeremiah 48:13
14 “How can you say, ‘We’re strong warriors, and soldiers ready for battle’?ISV — Jeremiah 48:14
15 Moab will be destroyed, and the enemy will come up against her cities. Her finest young men will go down to slaughter,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.ISV — Jeremiah 48:15
16 “Moab’s disaster is near at hand, and his calamity is coming very quickly.ISV — Jeremiah 48:16
17 Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, ‘Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.’ISV — Jeremiah 48:17
18 “Come down from glory, and sit on parched ground, O woman who lives in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab will come up against you to destroy you. He will destroy your strongholds.ISV — Jeremiah 48:18
19 Stand by the road and keep watch, O woman who lives in Aroer. Ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes. Say, ‘What happened’?ISV — Jeremiah 48:19
20 Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.ISV — Jeremiah 48:20
21 Judgment has come to the plateau: to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath,ISV — Jeremiah 48:21
22 Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,ISV — Jeremiah 48:22
23 against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,ISV — Jeremiah 48:23
24 against Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns in the land of Moab, both far and near.ISV — Jeremiah 48:24
25 The strength of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.ISV — Jeremiah 48:25
26 “Make him drunk for he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he will be the object of mocking.ISV — Jeremiah 48:26
27 Wasn’t Israel an object of mocking for you? Wasn’t he treated like a thief, so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt? ISV — Jeremiah 48:27
28 Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs, you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave.ISV — Jeremiah 48:28
29 We have heard about Moab’s pride— he’s very proud— his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his conceit. ISV — Jeremiah 48:29
30 I know his gall,” declares the LORD, “and it’s futile; the boasting that they do is futile.ISV — Jeremiah 48:30
31 Therefore, I’ll wail for Moab, and for the whole of Moab I’ll cry out, for the men of Kir-heres I’ll moan.ISV — Jeremiah 48:31
32 More than the weeping for Jazer, I’ll weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches spread out to the sea, and reached as far as the Sea of Jazer. On your summer fruit and grapes the destroyer will fall.ISV — Jeremiah 48:32
33 Gladness and rejoicing will be taken away from the fruitful land. From the land of Moab I’ll cause the wine in the wine presses to stop flowing. The workers won’t tread the grapes with a loud shout. There will be no shout!ISV — Jeremiah 48:33
34 “From the cry of Heshbon, to Elealeh, to Jahaz they have lifted up their voice. From Zoar to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah, even the waters of Nimrim will become a desolate place.ISV — Jeremiah 48:34
35 In Moab,” declares the LORD, “I’ll put an end to the one who offers a burnt offering on the high place and to the one who burns incense to his gods.ISV — Jeremiah 48:35
36 Therefore my heart wails for Moab like flutes and my heart wails for the men of Kir-heres like flutes. Therefore they’ll lose the abundance they produced.ISV — Jeremiah 48:36
37 Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.ISV — Jeremiah 48:37
38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets there will be nothing but mourning, for I’ll break Moab like a vessel that no one wants,” declares the LORD.ISV — Jeremiah 48:38
39 “How it will be shattered! How they’ll wail! How Moab will turn his back in shame! Moab will be an object of ridicule and terror to all those around him.”ISV — Jeremiah 48:39
40 For this is what the LORD says: “Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.ISV — Jeremiah 48:40
41 The towns will be captured and the strongholds seized. On that day the hearts of the warriors of Moab will be like the heart of a woman in labor.ISV — Jeremiah 48:41
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he exalted himself against the LORD.ISV — Jeremiah 48:42
43 Terror, pit, and trap will be used against you who live in Moab,” declares the LORD.ISV — Jeremiah 48:43
44 “The one who flees from the terror will fall into a pit. And the one who comes up out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For I’ll bring upon her, that is upon Moab, the time of her punishment,” declares the LORD.ISV — Jeremiah 48:44
45 “The fugitives will stand without strength in the shadow of Heshbon, for fire will go out from Heshbon and a flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the heads of the rebellious people. ISV — Jeremiah 48:45
46 How terrible for you, Moab! The people of Chemosh will perish. Indeed, your sons will be taken into captivity, and your daughters as well. ISV — Jeremiah 48:46
47 But I’ll restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days,” declares the LORD. This concludes the judgment on Moab.ISV — Jeremiah 48:47