Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 48:1-8

1OfMoabלְמוֹאָ֡בle.mo.'AvH4124.Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Woeה֤וֹיHoH1945untoNeboנְבוֹ֙ne.VoH5015! for it is laidwasteשֻׁדָּ֔דָהshu.Da.dahH7703;Kiriathaimקִרְיָתָ֑יִםkir.ya.Ta.yimH7156is put to shame, it istakenנִלְכְּדָ֖הnil.ke.DahH3920: Misgab is put to shame and brokendownכִּ֣יkiH3588.

2Thepraiseתְּהִלַּ֣תte.hi.LatH8416ofMoabמוֹאָב֒mo.'AvH4124isnoאֵ֣ין'einH369moreעוֹד֮'OdH5750; inHeshbonבְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןbe.chesh.BonH2809they havedevisedחָשְׁב֤וּcha.she.VuH2803evilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451againstH5921herH5921, Come, and letusH5921cutוְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּהve.nakh.ri.Te.nahH3772herH5921offH3772frombeingH3772anationמִגּ֑וֹיmi.GoyH1471. Thou also, OMadmenמַדְמֵ֣ןmad.MenH4086, shalt be brought to silence; theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719shallpursueאַחֲרַ֖יִךְ'a.cha.Ra.yikhH310thee.

3Thesoundק֥וֹלKolH6963of acryצְעָקָ֖הtze.'a.KahH6818fromHoronaimמֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִםme.cho.ro.Na.yimH2773, spoiling andgreatגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419destructionוָשֶׁ֥בֶרva.She.verH7667!

4Moabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124is destroyed;herH8085littleH6810onesH6810have caused acryזְּעָקָ֖הze.'a.KahH2201to beheardH8085.

5For by theascentמַעֲלֵ֣הma.'a.LehH4608ofLuhithהַלּוּחִ֔יתha.lu.chotH3872withcontinualבִּבְכִ֖יbiv.KhiH1065weepingבֶּ֑כִיBe.khiH1065shall theygoH5927upH5927; for in thegoingH5927downH3588ofHoronaimחוֹרֹנַ֔יִםcho.ro.Na.yimH2773they haveheardשָׁמֵֽעוּ׃sha.Me.'uH8085thedistressצָרֵ֥יtza.ReiH6862of thecryצַֽעֲקַת־tza.'a.kat-H6818ofdestructionשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7667.

6Fleeנֻ֖סוּNu.suH5127,saveמַלְּט֣וּma.le.TuH4422yourlivesנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םnaf.she.KhemH5315, and be like the heath in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

7For,becauseכִּ֠יkiH3588thou hasttrustedבִּטְחֵ֤ךְbit.ChekhH982in thyworksבְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙be.ma.'a.Sa.yikhH4639and in thytreasuresוּבְא֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִךְu.ve.'otz.ro.Ta.yikhH214, thou also shalt betakenתִּלָּכֵ֑דִיti.la.Khe.diH3920: andChemoshכְמוֹשׁ֙khe.mishH3645shallgoוְיָצָ֤אve.ya.Tza'H3318forthH3318intoH3318captivity, hispriestsכֹּהֲנָ֥יוko.ha.NavH3548and hisprincesוְשָׂרָ֖יוve.sa.RavH8269togetherיַחְדָּֽיו׃ya.chadH3162.

8And the spoiler shallcomeוְיָבֹ֨אve.ya.Vo'H935uponH935everyכָּל־kol-H3605cityעִ֗יר'IrH5892, andnoלֹ֣אlo'H3808cityוְעִיר֙ve.'IrH5892shallescapeתִמָּלֵ֔טti.ma.LetH4422; thevalleyהָעֵ֖מֶקha.'E.mekH6010also shallperishוְאָבַ֥דve.'a.VadH6, and theplainהַמִּישֹׁ֑רha.mi.ShorH4334shall bedestroyedוְנִשְׁמַ֣דve.nish.MadH8045; as theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hathspokenאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559.

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