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Jeremiah 48 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prophecy against Moab

48 Concerning ^(A)Moab. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to ^(B)Nebo, for it has been destroyed;
^(C)Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;
The high stronghold has been put to shame and ^[a]shattered.
²There is no longer praise for Moab;
In ^(D)Heshbon they have devised disaster against her:
‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’
You too, ^[b]Madmen, will be silenced;
The sword will follow you.
³The sound of an outcry from ^(E)Horonaim,
‘Devastation and great destruction!’
⁴Moab is broken,
Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
⁵For they will go up by the ascent of ^(F)Luhith
With continual weeping;
For at the descent of Horonaim
They have heard the ^[c]anguished cry of destruction.
⁶^(G)Flee, save yourselves,
So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
⁷For because of your ^(H)trust in your own achievements and treasures,
You yourself will also be captured;
And ^(I)Chemosh will go off into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
⁸A destroyer will come to every city,
So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the ^(J)plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
⁹Give ^[d]^(K)wings to Moab,
For she will ^[e]flee away;
And her cities will become a ^(L)desolation,
Without inhabitants in them.
¹⁰^(M)Cursed is the one who does the Lord’s work ^(N)negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his ^(O)sword from blood.

¹¹“Moab has been ^(P)at ease since his youth;
He has also been ^(Q)peaceful, like wine on ^[f]its dregs,
And he has not been ^(R)poured from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore ^[g]he retains his flavor,
And his aroma has not changed.

¹²Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will pour out his vessels and smash ^[h]his jars. ¹³And Moab will be ^(S)ashamed of ^(T)Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(U)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴How can you say, ‘We are ^(V)warriors,
And men competent for battle’?
¹⁵Moab has been destroyed and ^[i]men have gone up to ^[j]his cities;
His choicest ^[k]^(W)young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”
Declares the ^(X)King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
¹⁶“The disaster of Moab will ^(Y)soon come,
And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
¹⁷Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
And all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How the mighty ^[l]^(Z)scepter has been broken,
A staff of splendor!’
¹⁸^(AA)Come down from your glory
And sit on the parched ground,
O ^(AB)daughter living in ^(AC)Dibon,
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.
¹⁹Stand by the road and keep watch,
You inhabitant of ^(AD)Aroer;
^(AE)Ask him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab has been put to shame, for it has been ^[m]shattered.
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the ^(AF)Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.

²¹“Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, ^(AG)Jahzah, and against ^(AH)Mephaath, ²²against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and ^(AI)Beth-meon, ²⁴against ^(AJ)Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. ²⁵The ^(AK)horn of Moab has been cut off, and his ^(AL)arm broken,” declares the Lord. ²⁶“^(AM)Make him drunk, for he has ^[n]become ^(AN)arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will ^[o]vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. ²⁷Now was Israel not a ^(AO)laughingstock to you? Or was he ^[p]^(AP)caught among thieves? For whenever you speak about him you ^(AQ)shake your head in scorn.

²⁸Leave the cities and live among the ^(AR)rocky cliffs,
You inhabitants of Moab,
And be like a ^(AS)dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
²⁹^(AT)We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—
Of his haughtiness, his ^(AU)pride, his arrogance, and ^[q]his self-exaltation.
³⁰I know his ^(AV)fury,” declares the Lord,
“But it is futile;
His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
³¹Therefore I will ^(AW)wail for Moab,
For all of Moab I will cry out;
^[r]I will moan for the men of ^(AX)Kir-heres.
³²More than the ^(AY)weeping for ^(AZ)Jazer
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!
Your tendrils stretched across the sea,
They reached to the sea of Jazer;
Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest
The destroyer has fallen.
³³So ^(BA)joy and rejoicing are removed
From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab.
And I have ^(BB)eliminated the wine from the wine presses;
No one will tread them with shouting,
The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

³⁴^(BC)From the outcry at Heshbon to ^(BD)Elealeh, to Jahaz they have ^[s]raised their voice, from ^(BE)Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. ³⁵And I will put an end to Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the ^(BF)high place and the one who ^[t]^(BG)burns incense to his gods.

³⁶“Therefore My ^(BH)heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have ^(BI)lost the abundance it produced. ³⁷For ^(BJ)every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and ^(BK)sackcloth around the waists. ³⁸On all the ^(BL)housetops of Moab and in its public squares ^[u]there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable ^(BM)vessel,” declares the Lord. ³⁹“How ^[v]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an ^(BN)object of terror to all around him.”

⁴⁰For this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, one will ^(BO)fly swiftly like an eagle
And ^(BP)spread out his wings against Moab.
⁴¹Kerioth has been captured
And the strongholds have been seized,
So the ^(BQ)hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day
Will be like the heart of a ^(BR)woman in labor.
⁴²Moab will be ^(BS)destroyed from being a people
Because he has ^[w]become ^(BT)arrogant toward the Lord.
⁴³^(BU)Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you,
Inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.
⁴⁴“The one who ^(BV)flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,
The year of their ^(BW)punishment,” declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
The fugitives stand without strength;
For a fire has spread out from Heshbon
And a ^(BX)flame from the midst of ^(BY)Sihon,
And it has devoured the ^(BZ)forehead of Moab
And the scalps of the ^[x]loud revelers.
⁴⁶^(CA)Woe to you, Moab!
The people of ^(CB)Chemosh have perished;
For your sons have been taken away captive,
And your daughters into captivity.
⁴⁷Yet I will ^(CC)restore the fortunes of Moab
In the ^[y]latter days,” declares the Lord.

This is the extent of the judgment on Moab.

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