The Book of Jeremiah
48: 1Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo!
for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame
and broken down. 48:2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have
devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou
also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee. 48:3The
sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! 48:4Moab is
destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 48:5For by the ascent of
Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. 48:6Flee, save your lives, and
be like the heath in the wilderness. 48:7For, because thou hast trusted in thy works
and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into
captivity, his priests and his princes together. 48:8And the destroyer shall come
upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the
plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken. 48:9Give wings unto Moab, that
she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without
any to dwell therein. 48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently;
and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 48:11Moab hath been at
ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied
from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed. 48:12Therefore, behold, the days
come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall
pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
48:13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed
of Beth-el their confidence. 48:14How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men
for the war? 48:15Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his
chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is
Jehovah of hosts. 48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
hasteth fast. 48:17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know
his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod! 48:18O thou
daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for
the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.
48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her
that escapeth; say, What hath been done? 48:20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken
down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. 48:21And
judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and
upon Mephaath, 48:22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
48:23and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 48:24and upon
Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah. 48:26Make ye
him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow
in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto
thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou
waggest the head. 48:28O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the
rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss. 48:29We
have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride,
and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart. 48:30I know his wrath, saith
Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing. 48:31Therefore will I
wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they
mourn. 48:32With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of
Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer:
upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen. 48:33And
gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab;
and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with
shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting. 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto
Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto
Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become
desolate. 48:35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that
offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 48:36Therefore
my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the
men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished. 48:37For
every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and
upon the loins sackcloth. 48:38On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets
thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel
wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah. 48:39How is it broken down! how do they
wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a
derision and a terror to all that are round about him. 48:40For thus saith Jehovah:
Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
48:41Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty
men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 48:42And
Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself
against Jehovah. 48:43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of
Moab, saith Jehovah. 48:44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he
that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him,
even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. 48:45They that fled stand
without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of
Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of
Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 48:46Woe unto thee, O
Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and
thy daughters into captivity. 48:47Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the
latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.