Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 48:1-8

1Concerning MoabH4124, this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559:

“WoeH1945 toH413 NeboH5015,forH3588 it will be devastatedH7703.KiriathaimH7156 will be capturedH3920 and disgracedH954;the fortressH4869 will be shatteredH2865 and dismantledH954.2There is noH369 longerH5750 praiseH8416 for MoabH4124;in HeshbonH2809 1 they deviseH2803 evilH7451 against herH5921:‘ComeH1980, let us cut her offH3772 from nationhoodH1471.’

You tooH1571, O people of MadmenH4086,2 will be silencedH1826;the swordH2719 will pursueH310 youH1980.3A voiceH6963 cries outH6818 from HoronaimH2773:‘DevastationH7701 and greatH1419 destructionH7667!’4MoabH4124 H8085 will be shatteredH7665;her littleH6810 ones will cry outH2201.3

5ForH3588 on the ascentH4608 to LuhithH3872they weepH1065 bitterlyH1065 as they goH5927,andH3588 on the descentH4174 to HoronaimH2773criesH6818 of distressH6862 resoundH8085over the destructionH7667:6‘FleeH5127! RunH4422 for your livesH5315!BecomeH1961 like a juniperH6176 in the desertH4057.4’

7 BecauseH3282 you trustH982 in your worksH4639 and treasuresH214,youH859 tooH1571 will be capturedH3920,and ChemoshH3645 will goH3318 into exileH1473withH3162 his priestsH3548 and officialsH8269.8The destroyerH7703 will moveH935 againstH413 everyH3605 cityH5892,and notH3808 one townH5892 will escapeH4422.The valleyH6010 will also be ruinedH6,and the high plainH4334 will be destroyedH8045,asH834 the LORDH3068 has saidH559.

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 ↩