Jeremiah 48:1-23

1Concerning 1Moab. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Woe to 2Nebo, for it has been destroyed; 3Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The high stronghold has been put to shame and 4shattered.2There is no longer praise for Moab; In 5Heshbon they have devised disaster against her: ‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’ You too, 6Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow you.3The sound of an outcry from 7Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’4Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.5For they will go up by the ascent of 8Luhith With continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the 9anguished cry of destruction.610Flee, save yourselves, So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.7For because of your 11trust in your own achievements and treasures, You yourself will also be captured; And 12Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his leaders.8A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the 13plateau will be destroyed, As the Lord has said.9Give 1415wings to Moab, For she will 16flee away; And her cities will become a 17desolation, Without inhabitants in them.1018Cursed is the one who does the Lord’s work 19negligently, And cursed is the one who restrains his 20sword from blood.

11“Moab has been 21at ease since his youth; He has also been 22peaceful, like wine on 23its dregs, And he has not been 24poured from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore 25he retains his flavor, And his aroma has not changed. 12Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will pour out his vessels and smash 26his jars. 13And Moab will be 27ashamed of 28Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of 29Bethel, their confidence.14How can you say, ‘We are 30warriors, And men competent for battle’?15Moab has been destroyed and 31men have gone up to 32his cities; His choicest 3334young men have also gone down to the slaughter,” Declares the 35King, whose name is the Lord of armies.16“The disaster of Moab will 36soon come, And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.17Mourn for him, all you who live around him, And all of you who know his name; Say, ‘How the mighty 3738scepter has been broken, A staff of splendor!’1839Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O 40daughter living in 41Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.19Stand by the road and keep watch, You inhabitant of 42Aroer; 43Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, ‘What has happened?’20Moab has been put to shame, for it has been 44shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the 45Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.

21“Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, 46Jahzah, and against 47Mephaath, 22against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and 48Beth-meon,