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<p class="indent2"> the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There is no longer praise for Moab; <p class="indent2"> in Heshbon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> they devise evil against her: <p class="indent2">‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ <p class="indent1stline"> You too, O people of Madmen,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> will be silenced; <p class="indent2"> the sword will pursue you. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A voice cries out from Horonaim: <p class="indent2">‘Devastation and great destruction!’ <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Moab will be shattered; <p class="indent2"> her little ones will cry out.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For on the ascent to Luhith <p class="indent2"> they weep bitterly as they go, <p class="indent1"> and on the descent to Horonaim <p class="indent2"> cries of distress resound <p class="indent2"> over the destruction: <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>‘Flee! Run for your lives! <p class="indent2"> Become like a juniper in the desert.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>’ <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Because you trust in your works and treasures, <p class="indent2"> you too will be captured, <p class="indent1"> and Chemosh will go into exile <p class="indent2"> with his priests and officials. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The destroyer will move against every city, <p class="indent2"> and not one town will escape. <p class="indent1"> The valley will also be ruined, <p class="indent2"> and the high plain will be destroyed, <p class="indent2"> as the LORD has said. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Put salt on Moab, <p class="indent2"> for she will be laid waste;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent1"> her cities will become desolate, <p class="indent2"> with no one to dwell in them. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Cursed is the one who is remiss <p class="indent2"> in doing the work of the LORD, <p class="indent1"> and cursed is he who withholds <p class="indent2"> his sword from bloodshed. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Moab has been at ease from youth, <p class="indent2"> settled like wine on its dregs; <p class="indent1"> he has not been poured from vessel to vessel <p class="indent2"> or gone into exile. <p class="indent1"> So his flavor has remained the same, <p class="indent2"> and his aroma is unchanged. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore behold, the days are coming, <p class="indent2"> declares the LORD, <p class="indent1"> when I will send to him wanderers, <p class="indent2"> who will pour him out. <p class="indent1"> They will empty his vessels <p class="indent2"> and shatter his jars. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, <p class="indent2"> just as the house of Israel was ashamed <p class="indent2"> when they trusted in Bethel. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>How can you say, ‘We are warriors, <p class="indent2"> mighty men ready for battle’? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moab has been destroyed <p class="indent2"> and its towns have been invaded; <p class="indent1"> the best of its young men <p class="indent2"> have gone down in the slaughter, <p class="indent1"> declares the King, <p class="indent2"> whose name is the LORD of Hosts. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moab’s calamity is at hand, <p class="indent2"> and his affliction is rushing swiftly. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Mourn for him, all you who surround him, <p class="indent2"> everyone who knows his name; <p class="indent1"> tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—<p class="indent2"> the glorious staff! <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, <p class="indent2"> O daughter dwelling in Dibon, <p class="indent1"> for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; <p class="indent2"> he has destroyed your fortresses. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Stand by the road and watch, <p class="indent2"> O dweller of Aroer! <p class="indent1"> Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, <p class="indent2">‘What has happened?’ <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. <p class="indent2"> Wail and cry out! <p class="indent1"> Declare by the Arnon <p class="indent2"> that Moab is destroyed. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Judgment has come upon the high plain—<p class="indent2"> upon Holon, Jahzah,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> and Mephaath, <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, <A name="24"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, <p class="indent2"> those far and near. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The horn of Moab has been cut off, <p class="indent2"> and his arm is broken,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Make him drunk, <p class="indent2"> because he has magnified himself against the LORD; <p class="indent1"> so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, <p class="indent2"> and he will also become a laughingstock. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Was not Israel your object of ridicule? <p class="indent2"> Was he ever found among thieves? <p class="indent1"> For whenever you speak of him <p class="indent2"> you shake your head. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, <p class="indent2"> O dwellers of Moab! <p class="indent1"> Be like a dove <p class="indent2"> that nests at the mouth of a cave. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, <p class="indent2"> his exceeding pride and conceit, <p class="indent2"> his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart. <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I know his insolence,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD, <p class="indent2">“but it is futile. <p class="indent2"> His boasting is as empty as his deeds. <A name="32"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore I will wail for Moab; <p class="indent2"> I will cry out for all of Moab; <p class="indent2"> I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="33"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, <p class="indent2"> more than I weep for Jazer. <p class="indent1"> Your tendrils have extended to the sea;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <p class="indent2"> they reach even to Jazer.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <p class="indent1"> The destroyer has descended <p class="indent2"> on your summer fruit and grape harvest. <A name="34"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard <p class="indent2"> and from the fields of Moab. <p class="indent1"> I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; <p class="indent2"> no one treads them with shouts of joy; <p class="indent2"> their shouts are not for joy. <A name="35"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; <p class="indent2"> they raise their voices to Jahaz, <p class="indent1"> from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; <p class="indent2"> for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up. <A name="36"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>In Moab, declares the LORD, <p class="indent2"> I will bring an end <p class="indent1"> to those who make offerings on the high places <p class="indent2"> and burn incense to their gods. <A name="37"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; <p class="indent2"> it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, <p class="indent2"> because the wealth they acquired has perished. <A name="38"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>For every head is shaved <p class="indent2"> and every beard is clipped; <p class="indent1"> on every hand is a gash, <p class="indent2"> and around every waist is sackcloth. <A name="39"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>On all the rooftops of Moab <p class="indent2"> and in the public squares, <p class="indent1"> everyone is mourning; <p class="indent2"> for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <A name="40"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“How shattered it is! How they wail! <p class="indent2"> How Moab has turned his back in shame! <p class="indent1"> Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror <p class="indent2"> to all those around him.” <A name="41"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline"> “Behold, an eagle swoops down <p class="indent2"> and spreads his wings against Moab. <A name="42"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Kirioth has been taken, <p class="indent2"> and the strongholds seized. <p class="indent1"> In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors <p class="indent2"> will be like the heart of a woman in labor. <A name="43"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Moab will be destroyed as a nation <p class="indent2"> because he vaunted himself against the LORD. <A name="44"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <A name="45"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>“Whoever flees the panic <p class="indent2"> will fall into the pit, <p class="indent1"> and whoever climbs from the pit <p class="indent2"> will be caught in the snare. <p class="indent1"> For I will bring upon Moab <p class="indent2"> the year of their punishment,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <A name="46"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, <p class="indent2"> because fire has gone forth from Heshbon <p class="indent2"> and a flame from within Sihon. <p class="indent1"> It devours the foreheads of Moab <p class="indent2"> and the skulls of the sons of tumult. <A name="47"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Woe to you, O Moab! <p class="indent2"> The people of Chemosh have perished; <p class="indent1"> for your sons have been taken into exile <p class="indent2"> and your daughters have gone into captivity. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span>” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <p class="reg"> Here ends the judgment on Moab.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The Hebrew for <i>Heshbon</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>plot</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> The name of the Moabite town <i>Madmen</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>silenced</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew; LXX <i>her cries are heard as far away as Zoar</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>like a wild donkey</i> or <i>like Aroer</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>Jahzah</i> is a variant of <i>Jahaz</i>; see verse 34.<br><span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <i>Kir-heres</i> is a variant of <i>Kir-hareseth</i>; also in verse 36; see <a href="../isaiah/16.htm#7">Isaiah 16:7</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Probably the Dead Sea<br><span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>to the Sea of Jazer</i><br><span class="fnverse">47</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Or <i>restore the fortunes of Moab</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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