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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 48 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/48.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/jeremiah/48-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Jeremiah 48</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/47.htm" title="Jeremiah 47">◄</a> Jeremiah 48 <a href="../jeremiah/49.htm" title="Jeremiah 49">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">What the Lord Says about Moab</h3>1<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, told me to say to the nation of Moab:The town of Nebo is doomed;Kiriathaim will be capturedand disgraced,and even its fortresswill be left in ruins.2No one honors you, Moab.In Heshbon, enemies make plansto end your life.My sword will leave only silencein your town named “Quiet.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 3The people of Horonaimwill cry for help,as their town is attackedand destroyed.4Moab will be shattered!Your children will sob5and cry on their way upto the town of Luhith;on the road to Horonaimthey will tell of disasters.6Run for your lives!Head into the desertlike a wild donkey.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 7You thought you could be savedby your power and wealth,but you will be capturedalong with your god Chemosh,his priests, and officials.8Not one of your townswill escape destruction.I have told your enemies,“Wipe out the valleyand the flatlands of Moab.9Spread salt on the groundto kill the crops.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Leave its towns in ruins,with no one living there.10I want you to kill the Moabites,and if you let them escape,I will put a curse on you.”11Moab, you are like wineleft to settle undisturbed,never poured from jar to jar.And so, your nation continuesto prosper and improve.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 12But now, I will send enemiesto pour out the wineand smash the jars!13Then you will be ashamed,because your god Chemoshcannot save you,just as Bethel<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> could not helpthe Israelites.14You claim that your soldiersare strong and brave.15But I am the Lord,the all-powerful King,and I promise that enemieswill overpower your towns.Even your best warriorswill die in the battle.16It won't be long now—disaster will hit Moab!17I will order the nearby nationsto mourn for you and say,“Isn't it sad? Moab ruled others,but now its glorious powerhas been shattered.”18People in the town of Dibon,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> you will be honored no more,so have a seat in the dust.Your walls will be torn downwhen the enemies attack.19You people of Aroer,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> go wait beside the road,and when refugees run by,ask them, “What happened?”20They will answer,“Moab has been defeated!Weep with us in shame.Tell everyone at the Arnon Riverthat Moab is destroyed.”21I will punish every townthat belongs to Moab,but especially Holon,Jahzah, Mephaath,22Dibon, Nebo,Beth-Diblathaim, 23Kiriathaim,Beth-Gamul, Beth-Meon,24Kerioth, and Bozrah.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 25My decision is final—your army will be crushed,and your power broken.26People of Moab, you claimto be stronger than I am.Now I will tell other nationsto make you drunkand to laugh while you collapsein your own vomit.27You made fun of my peopleand treated them like criminalscaught in the act.28Now you must leave your townsand live like dovesin the shelter of cliffsand canyons.29I know about your pride,and how you strut and boast.30But I also know braggingwill never save you.31So I will cry and mournfor Moaband its town of Kir-Heres.32People of Sibmah,you were like a vineyardheavy with grapes,and with branches reachingnorth to the town of Jazerand west to the Dead Sea.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.32!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> But you have been destroyed,and so I will weep for you,as the people of Jazer weepfor the vineyards.33Harvest celebrations are gonefrom the orchards and farmsof Moab.I have silenced the shoutsof people making wine.34Weeping from Heshboncan be heard as faras Elealeh and Jahaz;cries from Zoar are heardin Horonaimand Eglath-Shelishiyah.And Nimrim Creek has run dry.35I will get rid of anyonewho burns incenseto the gods of Moabor offers sacrificesat their shrines.I, the Lord, have spoken.36In my heart I moan for Moab,like a funeral songplayed on a flute.I mourn for the peopleof the town of Kir-Heres,because their wealth is gone.* 37-38The people of Moabmourn on the rooftopsand in the streets.Men cut off their beards,people shave their heads;they make cuts on their handsand wear sackcloth.<a href="#Jer.48.37-Jer.48.38!f.1" id="link_Jer.48.37-Jer.48.38!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> And it's all because I, the Lord,have shattered Moab like a jarthat no one wants.39Moab lies broken!Listen to its people cryas they turn away in shame.Other nations are horrifiedat what happened,but still they mock her.40Moab, an enemy swoops downlike an eagle spreading its wingsover your land.41Your cities<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.41!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and fortresseswill be captured,and your warriors as fearfulas women giving birth.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.48.41!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 42You are finished as a nation,because you dared oppose me,the Lord.43Terror, pits, and trapsare waiting for you.44If you are terrified and run,you will fall into a pit;and if you crawl out of the pit,you'll get caught in a trap.The time has comefor you to be punished.I, the Lord, have spoken.45Near the city of Heshbon,where Sihon once ruled,tired refugees stand in shadowscast by the flamesof their burning city.Soon, the towns on other hilltops,where those warlike people live,will also go up in smoke.46People of Moab, you worshipedChemosh, your god,but now you are done for,and your children are prisonersin a foreign country.47Yet someday, I will bringyour people back home.I, the Lord, have spoken.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">silence … Quiet: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew the name of the town was “Madmen,” which sounds like the word for “silence.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">like a wild donkey: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation; Hebrew “like (the town of) Aroer” (see verse 19).</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Spread salt … crops: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">continues … improve: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “remains as evil as ever.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Bethel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">It may refer to the Phoenician or Canaanite god of that name; or it may refer to the town where people of the northern kingdom worshiped at a local shrine (see 1 Kings 12.26-30).</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Dibon: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The capital city of Moab.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Aroer: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A Moabite town located just north of the Arnon River.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.24 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Bozrah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Not the same Bozrah as in 49.13.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.32 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">reaching north … Dead Sea: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.37,38 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sackcloth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 4.8.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.41 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Your cities: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Kerioth.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.41 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">as fearful … birth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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