Jeremiah 48:31-45

31Therefore I will 1wail for Moab, For all of Moab I will cry out; 2I will moan for the men of 3Kir-heres.32More than the 4weeping for 5Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea, They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen.33So 6joy and rejoicing are removed From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab. And I have 7eliminated the wine from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy. 348From the outcry at Heshbon to 9Elealeh, to Jahaz they have 10raised their voice, from 11Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. 35And I will put an end to Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the 12high place and the one who 1314burns incense to his gods.

36“Therefore My 15heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have 16lost the abundance it produced. 37For 17every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and 18sackcloth around the waists. 38On all the 19housetops of Moab and in its public squares 20there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable 21vessel,” declares the Lord. 39“How 22shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back--he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an 23object of terror to all around him.”

40For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, one will 24fly swiftly like an eagle And 25spread out his wings against Moab.41Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the 26hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day Will be like the heart of a 27woman in labor.42Moab will be 28destroyed from being a people Because he has 29become 30arrogant toward the Lord.4331Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you, Inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.44“The one who 32flees from the terror Will fall into the pit, And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare; For I will bring upon her, upon Moab, The year of their 33punishment,” declares the Lord.

45“In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength; For a fire has spread out from Heshbon And a 34flame from the midst of 35Sihon, And it has devoured the 36forehead of Moab And the scalps of the 37loud revelers.