Verse-Reference
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 Jer 48:1 |
Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered. |
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Jer 48:2 |
"There is praise for Moab no longer; In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her: 'Come and let us cut her off from being a nation!' You too, [fn]Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow after you. |
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Jer 48:3 |
"The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!' |
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Jer 48:4 |
"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress. |
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Jer 48:5 |
"For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the [fn]anguished cry of destruction. |
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Jer 48:6 |
"Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness. |
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Jer 48:7 |
"For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes. |
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Jer 48:8 |
"A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed, As the LORD has said. |
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Jer 48:9 |
"Give [fn]wings to Moab, For she will [fn]flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them. |
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Jer 48:10 |
"Cursed be the one who does the LORD'S work negligently, And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood. |
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Jer 48:11 |
"Moab has been at ease since his youth; He has also been undisturbed, like wine on [fn]its dregs, And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore [fn]he retains his flavor, And his aroma has not changed. |
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Jer 48:12 |
"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter [fn]his jars. |
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Jer 48:13 |
"And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. |
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Jer 48:14 |
"How can you say, 'We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle'? |
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Jer 48:15 |
"Moab has been destroyed and [fn]men have gone up to [fn]his cities; His choicest [fn]young men have also gone down to the slaughter," Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. |
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Jer 48:16 |
"The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his calamity has swiftly hastened. |
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Jer 48:17 |
"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty [fn]scepter been broken, A staff of splendor!' |
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Jer 48:18 |
"Come down from your glory And sit [fn]on the parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds. |
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Jer 48:19 |
"Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant of Aroer; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has happened?' |
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Jer 48:20 |
"Moab has been put to shame, for it has been [fn]shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. |
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Jer 48:21 |
"Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and against Mephaath, |
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Jer 48:22 |
against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim, |
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Jer 48:23 |
against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul and Beth-meon, |
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Jer 48:24 |
against Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. |
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Jer 48:25 |
"The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken," declares the LORD. |
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Jer 48:26 |
"Make him drunk, for he has [fn]become arrogant toward the LORD; so Moab will [fn]wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. |
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Jer 48:27 |
"Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he [fn]caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn. |
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Jer 48:28 |
"Leave the cities and dwell among the crags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a dove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm. |
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Jer 48:29 |
"We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud— Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and [fn]his self-exaltation. |
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Jer 48:30 |
"I know his fury," declares the LORD, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing. |
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Jer 48:31 |
"Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; [fn]I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. |
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Jer 48:32 |
"More than the weeping for Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea, They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen. |
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Jer 48:33 |
"So gladness and joy are taken away From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab. And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy. |
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Jer 48:34 |
"From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have [fn]raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. |
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Jer 48:35 |
"I will make an end of Moab," declares the LORD, "the one who offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who [fn]burns incense to his gods. |
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Jer 48:36 |
"Therefore My heart [fn]wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also [fn]wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced. |
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Jer 48:37 |
"For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins. |
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Jer 48:38 |
"On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets [fn]there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel," declares the LORD. |
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Jer 48:39 |
"How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him." |
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Jer 48:40 |
For thus says the LORD: "Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab. |
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Jer 48:41 |
"Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor. |
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Jer 48:42 |
"Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has [fn]become arrogant toward the LORD. |
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Jer 48:43 |
"Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD. |
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Jer 48:44 |
"The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit, And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare; For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab, The year of their punishment," declares the LORD. |
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Jer 48:45 |
"In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength; For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon And a flame from the midst of Sihon, And it has devoured the forehead of Moab And the scalps of the [fn]riotous revelers. |
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Jer 48:46 |
"Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity. |
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Jer 48:47 |
"Yet I will restore the [fn]fortunes of Moab In the [fn]latter days," declares the LORD. Thus far the judgment on Moab. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (48:1) Or, dismayed
- (48:2) I.e. a city of Moab
- (48:5) Literally: distresses of outcry
- (48:9) Or, salt
- (48:9) Or, fall in ruins
- (48:11) Literally: his
- (48:11) Literally: his flavor has stayed in him
- (48:12) Literally: their
- (48:15) Literally: one has
- (48:15) Literally: her
- (48:15) I.e. warriors
- (48:17) Or, rod
- (48:18) Literally: in thirst
- (48:20) Or, dismayed
- (48:26) Or, magnified himself against
- (48:26) Or, splash into
- (48:27) Or, found
- (48:29) Literally: elevation of his heart
- (48:31) Another reading is He
- (48:34) Literally: given forth
- (48:35) Or, offers up in smoke
- (48:36) Literally: sounds
- (48:38) Literally: all of it is lamentation
- (48:39) Or, dismayed
- (48:42) Or, magnified himself against
- (48:45) Literally: sons of tumult
- (48:47) Or, captivity
- (48:47) Literally: end of the days
