Old Testament · Prophets

Jeremiah chapter 48

About . This is what , the God of Israel, says: “Devastation is coming for — it will be laid waste. is captured and humiliated. The fortress is shattered and shamed.”“Moab’s fame is gone. In they plotted her downfall: ‘Come, let’s cut her off as a nation.’ You too, , will be silenced — the sword will chase you down.”“Listen — screaming from : ‘Devastation! Total ruin!’”“Moab is shattered. Her cry out in anguish.”“On the road up to they climb . On the road down to Horonaim the screams of shattering fill the air.”“Run! Save yourselves! Be like a .”“Because you trusted in your and your , you too will be captured. will go into exile — his priests and officials along with him.”“The destroyer will come to every town — not one city will escape. The valley will be ruined, will be wrecked, just as Yahweh has spoken.”“Set up a for Moab — she is going to total ruin. Her towns will become wastelands with no one left living in them.”“ is the one who does halfheartedly. Cursed is the one who holds back his sword from bloodshed.”“Moab has been at ease since his youth. He has , . He has never gone into exile. So his flavor has stayed the same, his aroma unchanged.”“So watch — the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will send who will pour him out. They will empty his jars and smash his jugs to pieces.”“Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed of — the thing they trusted in.”“How can you say, ‘We are , men strong enough for battle’?”“Moab is destroyed — his towns have been overrun. His have gone down to the slaughter.” This is the declaration of the King whose name is Yahweh who commands armies.“Moab’s is near. His catastrophe is racing toward him.”“Grieve for him, all you neighbors. Everyone who knows his name, say: ‘How the mighty is shattered — that , broken.’”“Come down from your glory and sit in the , you who live in . Because the destroyer of Moab has come up against you and wrecked your fortifications.”“Stand by the road and watch, you who live in . Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ‘What happened?’”“Moab is humiliated — yes, shattered. and cry out! Announce it along : Moab is destroyed.”“ has come to the plateau towns — to Holon, to Jahzah, to Mephaath,”“to Dibon, to Nebo, to Beth-diblathaim,”“to Kiriathaim, to Beth-gamul, to Beth-meon,”“to , to Bozrah, and to every town in the land of Moab, far and near.”“Moab’s is cut off. His is broken,” declares Yahweh.“Get him drunk — because he . Moab will and become a joke himself.”“Wasn’t Israel a joke to you? Was he caught among thieves that you at him every time you spoke of him?”“Abandon the towns and live in the cliffs, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that nests in the walls of a gaping canyon.”“We have heard about Moab’s — how incredibly arrogant he is. His loftiness, his pride, his arrogance, the way he carries himself above everyone.”“I know his arrogance,” declares Yahweh, “and . His boasting has accomplished nothing real.”“That is why . I cry out for all of Moab. I moan for the people of .”“I weep for you more than Jazer weeps, you . Your branches stretched across the sea, reaching all the way to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and your grape harvest.”“Joy and gladness have been stripped from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the wine from flowing in the presses. No one with shouts of joy. .”“From the outcry at Heshbon to Elealeh, all the way to Jahaz they raise their voice — from Zoar to Horonaim to Eglath-shelishiyah. Even .”“I will put an end in Moab,” declares Yahweh, “to anyone offering sacrifices at the and burning incense to their gods.”“So . My heart moans like a flute for the people of Kir-hareseth. The wealth they built up has vanished.”“, every beard is cut off. Every hand is slashed, every waist is wrapped in .”“On every rooftop in Moab and in every public square — nothing but mourning. Because I have shattered Moab like ,” declares Yahweh.“How shattered he is! Wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become to everyone around him.”For this is what Yahweh says: “Look — something , spreading its wings over Moab.”“The towns are captured, the strongholds seized. On that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be .”“Moab will be because he made himself great against Yahweh.”“ are coming for you, people of Moab,” declares Yahweh.“Whoever flees from the terror will fall into the pit. Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. I will bring all of this on Moab in ,” declares Yahweh.“In the shadow of Heshbon the exhausted fugitives stand helpless. But fire has come out of Heshbon, a blaze from . It has consumed Moab’s forehead and the skulls of the .”“It’s over for you, Moab. are finished. Your sons have been taken captive, your daughters into exile.”“But I will of Moab ,” declares Yahweh. Here ends the judgment on Moab.