“1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe
unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken:
Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 [There shall be] no more praise of
Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut
it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the
sword shall pursue thee. 3 A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim,
spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones
have caused a cry to be heard. 5 For in the going up of Luhith continual
weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have
heard a cry of destruction. 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the
heath in the wilderness. 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works
and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go
forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together. 8 And
the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the
valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD
hath spoken. 9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for
the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 10
Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed
[be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 11 Moab 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 remained in him, and his scent is not changed. 12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto
him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.”
“14 How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is
spoiled, and gone up [out of] her cities, and his chosen young men are
gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of
hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab [is] near to come, and his affliction
hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that
know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful
rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from [thy]
glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee,
[and] he shall destroy thy strong holds. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand
by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, [and]
say, What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl
and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 21 And judgment is
come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon
Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 23
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 24 And upon
Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab,
far or near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,
saith the LORD. 26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified [himself]
against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall
be in derision. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found
among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 28
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be
like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his
loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his
heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so;
his lies shall not so effect [it]. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab,
and I will cry out for all Moab; [mine heart] shall mourn for the men of
Kirheres. 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of
Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach [even] to the sea of
Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy
vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and
from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the
winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; [their] shouting [shall be]
no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even]
unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto
Horonaim, [as] an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of
Nimrim shall be desolate. 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,
saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that
burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for
Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of
Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished. 37 For
every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands
[shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 [There shall be]
lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets
thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure,
saith the LORD. 39 They shall howl, [saying], How is it broken down! how
hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a
dismaying to all them about him. 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 41 Kerioth
is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s
hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her
pangs. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he
hath magnified [himself] against the LORD. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the
snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 44 He
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 it,
[even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. 45 They
that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a
fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of
Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of
the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh
perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,
saith the LORD. Thus far [is] the judgment of Moab.” (Jeremiah 48:1-47
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