Thematic Bible




Jeremiah 48:1 (show verse)

About Moab, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!

Jeremiah 48:2 (show verse)

There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon:
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen, you will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.

Jeremiah 48:3 (show verse)

A voice cries out from Horonaim,
“devastation and great disaster!”

Jeremiah 48:4 (show verse)

Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
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Jeremiah 48:5 (show verse)

For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually,
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:

Jeremiah 48:6 (show verse)

Flee! Save your lives!
Be like a juniper bush in the wilderness.

Jeremiah 48:7 (show verse)

Because you trust in your works and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh will go into exile
with his priests and officials.

Jeremiah 48:8 (show verse)

The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,
as the Lord has said.
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Jeremiah 48:9 (show verse)

Make Moab a salt marsh,
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 48:10 (show verse)

The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed,
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.

Jeremiah 48:11 (show verse)

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.

Jeremiah 48:12 (show verse)

Therefore look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will send those to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.

Jeremiah 48:13 (show verse)

Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel that they trusted in.

Jeremiah 48:14 (show verse)

How can you say, “We are warriors—
mighty men ready for battle”?

Jeremiah 48:15 (show verse)

The destroyer of Moab and its towns
has come up,
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
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Jeremiah 48:16 (show verse)

Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
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Jeremiah 48:17 (show verse)

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,
the glorious staff!
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Jeremiah 48:18 (show verse)

Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.

Jeremiah 48:19 (show verse)

Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?

Jeremiah 48:20 (show verse)

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:21 (show verse)

“Judgment has come to the land of the plateau—to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48:22 (show verse)

Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,

Jeremiah 48:23 (show verse)

Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,

Jeremiah 48:24 (show verse)

Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near.

Jeremiah 48:25 (show verse)

Moab’s horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 48:26 (show verse)

“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Jeremiah 48:27 (show verse)

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Jeremiah 48:28 (show verse)

Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.

Jeremiah 48:29 (show verse)

We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.

Jeremiah 48:30 (show verse)

I know his outburst.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.

Jeremiah 48:31 (show verse)

Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

Jeremiah 48:32 (show verse)

I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

Jeremiah 48:33 (show verse)

Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.

Jeremiah 48:34 (show verse)

“There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.

Jeremiah 48:35 (show verse)

In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.

Jeremiah 48:36 (show verse)

Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.

Jeremiah 48:37 (show verse)

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

Jeremiah 48:38 (show verse)

On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Jeremiah 48:39 (show verse)

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Jeremiah 48:40 (show verse)

For this is what the Lord says:

He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.

Jeremiah 48:41 (show verse)

The towns have been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Jeremiah 48:42 (show verse)

Moab will be destroyed as a people
because he has exalted himself against the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:43 (show verse)

Panic, pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 48:44 (show verse)

He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 48:45 (show verse)

Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab’s forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.

Jeremiah 48:46 (show verse)

Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.

Jeremiah 48:47 (show verse)

Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.