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Kiriathaim is put to shame, it’s captured. The fortress is put to shame, it’s shattered. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-2.htm">2</a>The pride of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they plotted evil against her: ‘Come and let’s eliminate her as a nation.’ Madmen<a href="#ftn" title="48:2 Madmen was a town in Moab. The name sounds like the Heb. word silenced">a</a> will also be silenced, and the sword will pursue you. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-3.htm">3</a>The sound of crying will come from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-4.htm">4</a>Moab will be destroyed; her little ones will cry out. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-5.htm">5</a>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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-6.htm">6</a>Flee, save your lives, and you will be like a wild donkey<a href="#ftn" title="48:6 So LXX; MT reads Aroer">b</a> in the desert. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-7.htm">7</a>But, because you trust in your deeds and your riches, you will also be captured. Chemosh<a href="#ftn" title="48:7 Chemosh was the chief Moabite deity.">c</a> will go out into exile, along with his priests and officials. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-8.htm">8</a>A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed.” This<a href="#ftn" title="48:8 The Heb. lacks this.">d</a> is what the LORD has said! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-9.htm">9</a>“Put salt<a href="#ftn" title="48:9 Or take wing">e</a> on Moab<a href="#ftn" title="48:9 i.e. as a sign of destruction">f</a> for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places,<a href="#ftn" title="48:9 Lit. a desolation">g</a> without any inhabitants in them. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-10.htm">10</a>Cursed is the one who is slack in doing the LORD’s work. Cursed is the one who holds back his sword from shedding<a href="#ftn" title="48:10 The Heb. lacks shedding">h</a> blood. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-11.htm">11</a>Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine<a href="#ftn" title="48:11 The Heb. lacks like wine">i</a> 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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-12.htm">12</a>“Therefore, look, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I’ll send those who tip over vessels<a href="#ftn" title="48:12 The Heb. lacks vessels">j</a> to him, and they’ll tip him over. They’ll empty his vessels and shatter his jars. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-13.htm">13</a>Moab will be ashamed because of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed because of Bethel, their confidence. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-14.htm">14</a>“How can you say, ‘We’re strong warriors, and soldiers ready<a href="#ftn" title="48:14 The Heb. lacks ready">k</a> for battle’? <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-15.htm">15</a>Moab will be destroyed, and the enemy<a href="#ftn" title="48:15 Lit. he">l</a> 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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-16.htm">16</a>“Moab’s disaster is near at hand, and his calamity is coming very quickly. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-17.htm">17</a>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.’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-18.htm">18</a>“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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-19.htm">19</a>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’? <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-20.htm">20</a>Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-21.htm">21</a>Judgment has come to the plateau:<a href="#ftn" title="48:21 Moab was located on a plateau overlooking the Jordan River.">m</a> to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath, <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-22.htm">22</a>Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-23.htm">23</a>against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-24.htm">24</a>against Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns in the land of Moab, both far and near. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-25.htm">25</a>The strength<a href="#ftn" title="48:25 Lit. horn">n</a> of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-26.htm">26</a>“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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-27.htm">27</a>Wasn’t Israel an object of mocking for you? Wasn’t he treated like a thief,<a href="#ftn" title="48:27 Lit. found among thieves">o</a> so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt?<a href="#ftn" title="48:27 The Heb. lacks in contempt">p</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-28.htm">28</a>Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs,<a href="#ftn" title="48:28 Or among the crags; i.e. on the face of a cliff">q</a> you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-29.htm">29</a>We have heard about Moab’s pride— he’s very proud— his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his conceit.<a href="#ftn" title="48:29 Lit. the elevation of his heart">r</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-30.htm">30</a>I know his gall,” declares the LORD, “and it’s futile; the boasting that they do is futile. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-31.htm">31</a>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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-32.htm">32</a>More than the weeping for Jazer,<a href="#ftn" title="48:32 Jazer was a town in Moab.">s</a> I’ll weep for you, vine of Sibmah.<a href="#ftn" title="48:32 Sibmah was a town in Moab noted for its vineyards.">t</a> Your branches spread out to the sea, and reached as far as the Sea of Jazer.<a href="#ftn" title="48:32 i.e. the Dead Sea">u</a> On your summer fruit and grapes<a href="#ftn" title="48:32 Lit. your vintage">v</a> the destroyer will fall. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-33.htm">33</a>Gladness and rejoicing will be taken away from the fruitful land.<a href="#ftn" title="48:33 Or from Carmel">w</a> From the land of Moab I’ll cause the wine in the wine presses to stop flowing.<a href="#ftn" title="48:33 The Heb. lacks flowing">x</a> The workers won’t tread<a href="#ftn" title="48:33 Lit. He won’t tread">y</a> the grapes with a loud shout.<a href="#ftn" title="48:33 Lit. with a shout, shout">z</a> There will be no shout! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-34.htm">34</a>“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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-35.htm">35</a>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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-36.htm">36</a>Therefore my heart wails for Moab like flutes<a href="#ftn" title="48:36 i.e. flutes were played as a part of mourning for the dead">aa</a> and my heart wails for the men of Kir-heres like flutes. Therefore they’ll lose the abundance they produced. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-37.htm">37</a>Indeed every head will be bald<a href="#ftn" title="48:37 i.e. heads were shaved as a sign of mourning">bb</a> and every beard cut short.<a href="#ftn" title="48:37 i.e. beards were cut short as a sign of mourning">cc</a> There will be gashes on all the hands<a href="#ftn" title="48:37 i.e. people cut themselves as a sign of mourning">dd</a> and sackcloth on the loins. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-38.htm">38</a>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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-39.htm">39</a>“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.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-40.htm">40</a>For this is what the LORD says: “Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-41.htm">41</a>The towns<a href="#ftn" title="48:41 Or Kerioth">ee</a> 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. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-42.htm">42</a>Moab will be destroyed as a nation<a href="#ftn" title="48:42 Lit. from being a nation">ff</a> because he exalted himself against the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-43.htm">43</a>Terror, pit, and trap will be used<a href="#ftn" title="48:43 The Heb. lacks used">gg</a> against you who live in Moab,” declares the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-44.htm">44</a>“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<a href="#ftn" title="48:44 Lit. their">hh</a> punishment,” declares the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-45.htm">45</a>“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.<a href="#ftn" title="48:45 Lit. sons of tumult">ii</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-46.htm">46</a>How terrible for you, Moab! The people of Chemosh<a href="#ftn" title="48:46 Chemosh was the chief deity of Moab.">jj</a> will perish. Indeed, your sons will be taken into captivity, and your daughters as well.<a href="#ftn" title="48:46 Lit. daughters into captivity">kk</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/48-47.htm">47</a>But I’ll restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days,” declares the LORD. This concludes the judgment on Moab.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><A name="ftn"></a>Footnotes: a 48:02:00Madmen was a town in Moab. The name sounds like the Heb. word silenced b 48:6 So LXX; MT reads Aroer c 48:07:00Chemosh was the chief Moabite deity. d 48:8 The Heb. lacks this. e 48:9 Or take wing f 48:9 i.e. as a sign of destruction g 48:9 Lit. a desolation h 48:10 The Heb. lacks shedding i 48:11 The Heb. lacks like wine j 48:12 The Heb. lacks vessels k 48:14 The Heb. lacks ready l 48:15 Lit. he m 48:21 Moab was located on a plateau overlooking the Jordan River. n 48:25 Lit. horn o 48:27 Lit. found among thieves p 48:27 The Heb. lacks in contempt q 48:28 Or among the crags; i.e. on the face of a cliff r 48:29 Lit. the elevation of his heart s 48:32:00Jazer was a town in Moab. t 48:32:00Sibmah was a town in Moab noted for its vineyards. u 48:32 i.e. the Dead Sea v 48:32 Lit. your vintage w 48:33 Or from Carmel x 48:33 The Heb. lacks flowing y 48:33 Lit. 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