Jeremiah 48
The Prophecy
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Against Moab Is. 15.1--16.14 ; 25.10-12 · Ezek. 25.8-11 · Amos 2.1-3 · 2.8-11 thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiri-atha'im is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
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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.
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A voice of crying shall be from
Horona'im, spoiling and great destruction.
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Moab is destroyed; her little ones have
caused a cry to be heard.
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For in the going up of Luhith continual
weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horona'im the enemies
have heard a cry of destruction.
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Flee, save your lives, and be like the
heath in the wilderness.
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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.
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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.
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Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee
and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any
to dwell therein.
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Cursed be he that doeth the work
of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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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.
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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.
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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as
the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their
confidence.
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How say ye, We are mighty and
strong men for the war?
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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.
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The calamity of Moab is near to
come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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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!
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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
strongholds.
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O inhabitant of Aro'er, stand by the way,
and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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Moab is confounded; for it is broken
down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is
spoiled,
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and judgment is come upon the plain
country; upon Holon, and upon Jaha'zah, and upon
Meph'a-ath,
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and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon
Beth-diblatha'im,
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and upon Kiri-atha'im, and upon
Beth-ga'mul, and upon Beth-me'on,
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and upon Ker'i-oth, and upon Bozrah, and
upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm
is broken, saith the LORD.
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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.
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee?
was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou
skippedst for joy.
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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.
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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.
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I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies
shall not so effect it.
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Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I
will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men
of Kir-he'res.
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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.
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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.
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From the cry of Heshbon even unto
Ele-a'leh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their
voice, from Zo'ar even unto Horona'im, as a heifer of
three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be
desolate.
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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.
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Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab
like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of
Kir-he'res: because the riches that he hath gotten are
perished.
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For every head shall be bald,
and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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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.
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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.
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For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall
spread his wings over Moab.
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Ker'i-oth is taken, and the strongholds
are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall
be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
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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.
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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.
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Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of
Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy
daughters captives.
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Yet will I bring again the captivity of
Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus
far is the judgment of Moab.
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