Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 48:1-8

1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

“Woe to Nebo,for it will be devastated.Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced;the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.2There is no longer praise for Moab;in Heshbon1 they devise evil against her:‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’

You too, O people of Madmen,2 will be silenced;the sword will pursue you.3A voice cries out from Horonaim:‘Devastation and great destruction!’4Moab will be shattered;her little ones will cry out.3

5For on the ascent to Luhiththey weep bitterly as they go,and on the descent to Horonaimcries of distress resoundover the destruction:6‘Flee! Run for your lives!Become like a juniper in the desert.4’

7Because you trust in your works and treasures,you too will be captured,and Chemosh will go into exilewith his priests and officials.8The destroyer will move against every city,and not one town will escape.The valley will also be ruined,and the high plain will be destroyed,as the LORD has said.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot. ↩
2. Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for silenced. ↩
3. Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; LXX her cries are heard as far away as Zoar ↩
4. Jeremiah 48:6 Or like a wild donkey or like Aroer ↩

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