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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Jeremiah 48 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3>Judgment on Moab</h3>1Concerning Moab.Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:<div class="poetry">Alas for Nebo, it is laid waste!     Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down; 2    the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned evil against her:     “Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!” You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]     the sword shall pursue you.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">3Hark! a cry from Horonaim,     “Desolation and great destruction!” 4“Moab is destroyed!”     her little ones cry out. 5For at the ascent of Luhith     they gob</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>] up weeping bitterly; for at the descent of Horonaim     they have heard the distressing cry of anguish. 6Flee! Save yourselves!     Be like a wild assc</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>] in the desert!</div> <div class="poetry top-1">7Surely, because you trusted in your strongholdsd</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>] and your treasures,     you also shall be taken; Chemosh shall go out into exile,     with his priests and his attendants. 8The destroyer shall come upon every town,     and no town shall escape; the valley shall perish,     and the plain shall be destroyed,     as the Lord has spoken.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">9Set aside salt for Moab,     for she will surely fall; her towns shall become a desolation,     with no inhabitant in them.</div> 10Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord; and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed. <div class="poetry top-1">11Moab has been at ease from his youth,     settled like winee</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>] on its dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,     nor has he gone into exile; therefore his flavor has remained     and his aroma is unspoiled.</div> 12Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him, and empty his vessels, and break hisf</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>] jars in pieces. 13Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. <div class="poetry top-1">14How can you say, “We are heroes     and mighty warriors”? 15The destroyer of Moab and his towns has come up,     and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,     says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16The calamity of Moab is near at hand     and his doom approaches swiftly. 17Mourn over him, all you his neighbors,     and all who know his name; say, “How the mighty scepter is broken,     the glorious staff!”</div> <div class="poetry top-1">18Come down from glory,     and sit on the parched ground,     enthroned daughter Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;     he has destroyed your strongholds. 19Stand by the road and watch,     you inhabitant of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping;     say, “What has happened?” 20Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down;     wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon,     that Moab is laid waste.</div> 21Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, 24and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near. 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord. 26Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord; let Moab wallow in his vomit; he too shall become a laughingstock. 27Israel was a laughingstock for you, though he was not caught among thieves; but whenever you spoke of him you shook your head! <div class="poetry top-1">28Leave the towns, and live on the rock,     O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests     on the sides of the mouth of a gorge. 29We have heard of the pride of Moab—     he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,     and the haughtiness of his heart. 30I myself know his insolence, says the Lord;     his boasts are false,     his deeds are false. 31Therefore I wail for Moab;     I cry out for all Moab;     for the people of Kir-heres I mourn. 32More than for Jazer I weep for you,     O vine of Sibmah! Your branches crossed over the sea,     reached as far as Jazer;g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>] upon your summer fruits and your vintage     the destroyer has fallen. 33Gladness and joy have been taken away     from the fruitful land of Moab; I have stopped the wine from the wine presses;     no one treads them with shouts of joy;     the shouting is not the shout of joy.</div> 34Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>] as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate. 35And I will bring to an end in Moab, says the Lord, those who offer sacrifice at a high place and make offerings to their gods. 36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the people of Kir-heres; for the riches they gained have perished. 37For every head is shaved and every beard cut off; on all the hands there are gashes, and on the loins sackcloth. 38On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel that no one wants, says the Lord. 39How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all his neighbors. <div class="poetry">40For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle,     and spread his wings against Moab; 41the townsi</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>] shall be taken     and the strongholds seized. The hearts of the warriors of Moab, on that day,     shall be like the heart of a woman in labor. 42Moab shall be destroyed as a people,     because he magnified himself against the Lord. 43Terror, pit, and trap     are before you, O inhabitants of Moab! says the Lord. 44Everyone who flees from the terror     shall fall into the pit, and everyone who climbs out of the pit     shall be caught in the trap. For I will bring these thingsj</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>] upon Moab     in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">45In the shadow of Heshbon     fugitives stop exhausted; for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,     a flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,     the scalp of the people of tumult.k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>] 46Woe to you, O Moab!     The people of Chemosh have perished, for your sons have been taken captive,     and your daughters into captivity. 47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab     in the latter days, says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment on Moab.</div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:2">Jeremiah 48:2</a> The place-name Madmen sounds like the Hebrew verb to be silent</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:5">Jeremiah 48:5</a> Cn: Heb he goes</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:6">Jeremiah 48:6</a> Gk Aquila: Heb like Aroer</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:7">Jeremiah 48:7</a> Gk: Heb works</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:11">Jeremiah 48:11</a> Heb lacks like wine</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:12">Jeremiah 48:12</a> Gk Aquila: Heb their</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:32">Jeremiah 48:32</a> Two Mss and Isa 16.8: MT the sea of Jazer</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:34">Jeremiah 48:34</a> Cn: Heb From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:41">Jeremiah 48:41</a> Or Kerioth</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:44">Jeremiah 48:44</a> Gk Syr: Heb bring upon it</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Jeremiah 48:45">Jeremiah 48:45</a> Or of Shaon</li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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