Jeremiah 48
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Jeremiah 48:16-25

16“The disasterH343 of MoabH4124 will 1soonH7138 comeH935, And his calamityH7463 has swiftlyH3966 hastenedH4116.17MournH5110 for him, allH3605 you who live aroundH5439 him, Even allH3605 of you who knowH3045 his nameH8034; SayH559, ‘HowH351 has the mightyH5797 23scepterH4294 been brokenH7665, A staffH4731 of splendorH8597!’184ComeH3381 downH3381 from your gloryH3519 And sitH3427 5on the parchedH6772 groundH6772, O 6daughterH1323 dwellingH3427 in 7DibonH1769, For the destroyerH7703 of MoabH4124 has comeH5927 up against you, He has ruinedH7843 your strongholdsH4013.19StandH5975 by the roadH1870 and keepH6822 watchH6822, O inhabitantH3427 of 8AroerH6177; 9AskH7592 him who fleesH5127 and her who escapesH4422 And sayH559, ‘WhatH4100 has happenedH1961?’20MoabH4124 has beenH954 putH954 to shameH954, for it has beenH2865 10shatteredH2865. WailH3213 and cryH2199 out; DeclareH5046 by the 11ArnonH769 That MoabH4124 has been destroyedH7703.

21“JudgmentH4941 has also comeH935 upon the plainH4334, upon HolonH2473, 12JahzahH3096 and againstH5921 13MephaathH4158, 22againstH5921 DibonH1769, NeboH5015 and Beth-diblathaimH1015, 23againstH5921 KiriathaimH7156, Beth-gamulH1014 and 14Beth-meonH1010, 24againstH5921 15KeriothH7152, BozrahH1224 and allH3605 the citiesH5892 of the landH776 of MoabH4124, farH7350 and nearH7138. 25The 16hornH7161 of MoabH4124 has been cutH1438 offH1438 and his 17armH2220 brokenH7665,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 48:16 Is 13:22 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 48:17 Or rod ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 48:17 Is 9:4; 14:5 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 48:18 Is 47:1 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 48:18 Lit in thirst ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 48:18 Jer 46:19 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 48:18 Num 21:30; Josh 13:9, 17; Is 15:2; Jer 48:22 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 48:19 Deut 2:36; Josh 12:2 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 48:19 1 Sam 4:13, 14, 16 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 48:20 Or dismayed ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 48:20 Num 21:13 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 48:21 Num 21:23; Is 15:4; Jer 48:34 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 48:21 Josh 13:18 ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 48:23 Josh 13:17 ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 48:24 Jer 48:41; Amos 2:2 ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 48:25 Ps 75:10; Zech 1:19-21 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 48:25 Job 22:9; Ps 10:15 ↩

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