Jeremiah 48:1-13

The Prophecy concerning Moab

48¹ Concerning Moab: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down. ² There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from 'being' a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword. ³ A voice of a cry 'is' from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction. ⁴ Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones. ⁵ For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard. ⁶ Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness. ⁷ For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together. ⁸ And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said. ⁹ Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them. ¹⁰ Cursed 'is' he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed 'is' he Who is withholding his sword from blood. ¹¹ Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest 'is' he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed. ¹² Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces. ¹³ And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.