Jeremiah 48:26-39 - Moab Will Be Humbled
26 Jehovah said: 'Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit and people will laugh. 27 Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.
28 You people who live in Moab, leave your towns! Go and live on the cliffs! Be like the dove that makes its nest in the sides of a ravine.'
29 Moab is very proud! I have heard how proud, arrogant, and conceited the people are, how much they think of themselves. 30 Jehovah says: 'I know Moab's great pride, but it is of no use. Moab's bragging gains nothing. 31 I cry with sadness for Moab, yes for everyone in Moab. I moan for the people from the town of Kir-Hareseth. 32 I weep with the people of the town of Jazer. And what of the grapevines of the town of Sibmah? In the past your vines spread all the way to the sea, as far as the sea of Jazer. But the destroyer has taken over your fruit and grapes. 33 Joy and gladness are taken from the fruitful orchards and fields and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the wine presses. No one walks on the grapes with shouts of joy. There are shouts, but they are not shouts of joy.
34 Their crying can be heard from Moabite towns. It can be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far away as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah (three year old heifer). Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up. 35 I will stop Moab from making burnt offerings at the places of worship. I will stop Moab from burning incense to their gods, says Jehovah. 36 My heart cries sadly for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. It cries like a flute for the people from Kir Hareseth. The money they made has all been taken away. 37 They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.' 38 People are weeping on every roof in Moab and in every public square. There is only sadness, because I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants,' say Jehovah. 39 Moab has been shattered! Cry out! Moab has been disgraced. It is in ruins and all the surrounding nations make fun of it.' I Jehovah have spoken.