Jeremiah 48:1-23

1ConcerningH413 MoabH4124. ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, the 1GodH430 of IsraelH3478: WoeH1945 unto NeboH5015! for it is spoiled; Kirjathaim is put to shame, it is takenH3920; Misgab is put to shame and dismayedH2865.

2Moab's praiseH8416 is no more; in HeshbonH2809 they have devised evilH7451 against her: Come, and let us cutH3772 her off from [being] a nationH1471. Thou alsoH1571, O Madmen, shalt be cutH3772 down; the swordH2719 shall pursue thee.

3A voiceH6963 of crying from HoronaimH2773; wasting and greatH1419 destructionH7667!

4MoabH4124 is destroyed; her little onesH6810 have caused a cryH2201 to be heardH8085.

5For by the ascentH4608 of LuhithH3872 continual weepingH1065 shall goH5927 up; for in the descentH4174 of HoronaimH2773 is heardH8085 the anguish of the cryH6818 of destructionH7667.

6FleeH5127, saveH4422 your livesH5315, and beH1961 like a shrub in the wildernessH4057.

7For because thou hast confided in thy worksH4639 and in thy treasuresH214, thou alsoH1571 shalt be takenH3920, and ChemoshH3645 shall goH3318 forthH3318 into captivity, his priestsH3548 and his princesH8269 togetherH3162.

8And the waster shall comeH935 upon every cityH5892, that not a cityH5892 shall escapeH4422; and the valleyH6010 shall perishH6, and the plateau shall be destroyedH8045: as Jehovah hath saidH559.

9GiveH5414 wings unto MoabH4124, that she may flee and get away; and the citiesH5892 thereof shall becomeH1961 a desolationH8047, without inhabitantH3427.

10CursedH779 be he that doeth the workH4399 of Jehovah negligently, and cursedH779 be he that keepeth back his swordH2719 from bloodH1818!

11MoabH4124 hath been at easeH7599 from his youthH5271, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vesselH3627 to vesselH3627, neither hath he goneH1980 into captivity: thereforeH3651 his tasteH2940 hath remainedH5975 in him, and his scent is not changed.

12ThereforeH3651 behold, daysH3117 comeH935, saith Jehovah, that I will sendH7971 unto him pourers that shall pour him off, and shall empty his vesselsH3627, and break in pieces his flagons.

13And MoabH4124 shall be ashamedH954 of ChemoshH3645, as the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 was ashamedH954 of Bethel, their confidenceH4009.

14HowH349 do ye sayH559, We are mightyH1368, and menH376 of valour for the warH4421?

15MoabH4124 is laid waste, and his citiesH5892 are goneH5927 up [in smoke], and his chosen youngH970 menH970 are goneH5927 downH3381 to the slaughterH2874, saith the KingH4428, whose nameH8034 is Jehovah of hostsH6635.

16The calamityH343 of MoabH4124 is near to comeH935, and his affliction hasteth fast.

17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that knowH3045 his nameH8034, sayH559, HowH349 is the strong staffH4294 brokenH7665, the beautiful rodH4294!

18ComeH5927 down from [thy] gloryH3519 and sitH3427 in the drought, O inhabitress, daughterH1323 of DibonH1769; the spoiler of MoabH4124 is comeH5927 up against thee, thy strongholdsH4013 hath he destroyedH7843.

19StandH5975 by the wayH1870, and watchH6822, inhabitress of AroerH6177; askH7592 him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; sayH559, What is done?

20MoabH4124 is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cryH2199; tellH5046 it in ArnonH769, that MoabH4124 is laid waste.

21And judgmentH4941 is comeH935 upon the country of the plateau; upon HolonH2473, and upon Jahzah, and upon MephaathH4158;

22and upon DibonH1769, and upon NeboH5015, and upon Beth-diblathaim;

23and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon;