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For their cry echoes
throughout the territory of Moab.
Their wailing reaches Eglaim;
their wailing reaches Beer-elim.

The waters of Dibon are full of blood,
but I will bring on Dibon even more than this—
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.


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Verse ConceptsSurvivors DestroyedTurned To Blood

Like a bird fleeing,
forced from the nest,
the daughters of Moab
will be at the fords of the Arnon.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonFordsRiver ArnonBirdswandering

Let my refugees stay with you;
be a refuge for Moab from the aggressor.


When the oppressor has gone,
destruction has ended,
and marauders have vanished from the land.

Verse ConceptsSatan as Destroyer

We have heard of Moab’s pride
how very proud he is—
his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance,
and his empty boasting.

Verse ConceptsFutilityComplacencyemptinessPride, Examples OfPride, Results OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

Therefore let Moab wail;
let every one of them wail for Moab.
Mourn, you who are completely devastated,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarps

When Moab appears on the high place,
when he tires himself out
and comes to his sanctuary to pray,
it will do him no good.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionHigh Places

This is the message that the Lord previously announced about Moab.

Verse ConceptsWord Of God

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

Verse ConceptsInferiorityHirelingsPowerlessnessThree YearsSurvivors ThreatenedLosing Honour

For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.

But Moab will be trampled in his place
as straw is trampled in a dung pile.

Verse Conceptsdung and manureStrawThe Prophecy Towards EdomGod's HandTrampling PeopleDefecationGod's Hands In Opposition

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples. All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedLiving In The WildernessCutting HairUncircumcised In Heart

Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through messengers who are coming to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out

When all the Judeans in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in all the other lands also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them,

Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of Israel

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!

Verse ConceptsFortressesRuinsWoe To The WickedCapturing Cities

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.

Verse ConceptsendSilenceLosing Honour

Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.

Verse ConceptsPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Make Moab a salt marsh,
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

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.

Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

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.

Verse ConceptsShame Of Idolatry

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.

Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.

Verse ConceptsSpeedGod Not Delaying

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.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersDry Places

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

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

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

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

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsArmsHornsBones BrokenHorns WeakenedHorns Broken

“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.

Verse ConceptsdefianceVomittingGod Making Drunk

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

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

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

Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

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

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfI Mourn Catastrophe

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.

Verse ConceptsWineWinepressDestroying VineyardsDepression, SymptomsCessationNo FoodLack Of Rejoicing

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.

Verse ConceptsShrinesNo IncensePeople EndedSacrificing On The High Places

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.

Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing

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.

Verse ConceptsRoofBreaking ContainersRooftop

“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.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

For this is what the Lord says:

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

Verse ConceptsWingsEagles

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.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsCapturing Cities

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

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

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

Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will ComePit Used As Traps

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.

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Day Of JudgementGod TrappingFear Will Come

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.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsShadows

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

Verse ConceptsWoe To The Wicked

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

This is what the Lord God says: “Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’

Verse ConceptsLike The Nations

therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the pride of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.

Verse ConceptsCities Under Attack

So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

He will also invade the beautiful land, and many will fall. But these will escape from his power: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of the Ammonites.

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Moab
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.

Verse ConceptsMineralsPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBonesBurning People

Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
Moab will die with a tumult,
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod, Righteousness OfHistoryPast, TheAnswering PeopleGod Doing RightDoing RightMan's Counsel

I have heard the taunting of Moab
and the insults of the Ammonites,
who have taunted My people
and threatened their territory.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

Therefore, as I live—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingSaltWeedsAmmonitesSurvivors FavouredSournessPets