Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 48:1 (show verse)
Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of]Nebo, for it has been destroyed!
Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured;
Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of]
Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured;
Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed.
Jeremiah 48:2 (show verse)
“The glory of Moab is no more;
In
Saying, ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’
You also, O [city of] Madmen, shall be silenced;
The sword will pursue you.
Jeremiah 48:3 (show verse)
“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
Jeremiah 48:4 (show verse)
“Moab is destroyed;
Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:5 (show verse)
“For the Ascent of Luhith
Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping;
For on the descent of Horonaim
They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 48:6 (show verse)
“Run! Save your lives,
That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
Jeremiah 48:7 (show verse)
“For because you have trusted in your works [your hand-made idols] and in your treasures [instead of in God],
Even you yourself will be captured;
And
Together with his priests and his princes.
Chemosh » An idol of » The moabites and ammonites
false Confidence » Self-confidence, an element of insecurity » Miscellaneous references to
false Confidence » In outward resources
Moabites » Prophesies respecting » To be captives in babylon
Moabites » Described as » Rich and confident
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in wealth
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites
false Confidence » Self-confidence, an element of insecurity » Miscellaneous references to
false Confidence » In outward resources
Moabites » Prophesies respecting » To be captives in babylon
Moabites » Described as » Rich and confident
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in wealth
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites
Jeremiah 48:8 (show verse)
“And the destroyer will come upon every city;
No city will escape.
The [Jordan] valley also will be ruined
And the plain will be devastated,
As the Lord has said.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:9 (show verse)
“Give a gravestone to Moab,
For she will fall into ruins;
Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate,
Without anyone to live in them.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:10 (show verse)
“Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].
Jeremiah 48:11 (show verse)
“Moab has been at ease from his youth;
He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs,
And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore his flavor remains in him,
And his scent has not changed.
Jeremiah 48:12 (show verse)
Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will send to Moab those who will tip him over and who will empty his vessels and break his [earthenware] jars in pieces.
Jeremiah 48:13 (show verse)
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh [his worthless, disgusting god], as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their [misplaced] confidence.
Jeremiah 48:14 (show verse)
“How can you say, ‘We are great warriors
And valiant men in war?’
Jeremiah 48:15 (show verse)
“Moab has been made desolate and his cities have gone up [in smoke and flame];
And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,”
Says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:16 (show verse)
“The destruction of Moab will come soon,
And his disaster hurries quickly.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:17 (show verse)
“Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him,
And all you [distant nations] who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken,
And the splendid staff [of glory]!’
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:18 (show verse)
“Come down from your glory,
O Daughter living in
And sit on the parched ground [among the thirsty]!
For the destroyer of Moab has advanced against you;
He has destroyed your strongholds.
Jeremiah 48:19 (show verse)
“O inhabitant of Aroer,
Stand by the road and keep watch!
Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes,
Saying, ‘What has happened?’
Jeremiah 48:20 (show verse)
“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.
Jeremiah 48:21 (show verse)
“Judgment has come on [the land of] the plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and against Mephaath,
Jeremiah 48:22 (show verse)
against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
Jeremiah 48:23 (show verse)
against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
Jeremiah 48:24 (show verse)
against Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
Jeremiah 48:25 (show verse)
The horn (strength) of Moab has been cut off and his arm [of authority] is shattered,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:26 (show verse)
“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord [by denying Reuben’s occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also will wallow in his vomit, and he too shall become a laughingstock.
Jeremiah 48:27 (show verse)
For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.
Jeremiah 48:28 (show verse)
“You inhabitants of Moab,
Leave the cities and live among the rocks,
And be like the dove that makes her nest
In the walls of the yawning ravine.
Jeremiah 48:29 (show verse)
“We have heard of the [giddy] pride of Moab, the extremely proud one—
His haughtiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and his self-exaltation.
Jeremiah 48:30 (show verse)
“I know his [insolent] wrath,” says the Lord,
“But it is futile;
His idle boasts [in his deeds] have accomplished nothing.
Jeremiah 48:31 (show verse)
“Therefore I will wail over Moab,
And I will cry out for all Moab.
I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).
Jeremiah 48:32 (show verse)
“O vines of Sibmah, I will weep for you
More than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards].
Your tendrils [of influence] stretched across the sea,
Reaching [even] to the sea of Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
On your summer fruits and your [season’s] crop of grapes.
Jeremiah 48:33 (show verse)
“So joy and gladness are taken away
From the fruitful field and from the land of Moab.
And I have made the wine cease from the wine presses;
No one treads the grapes with shouting.
Their shouting is not joyful shouting [but is instead, a battle cry].
Jeremiah 48:34 (show verse)
From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolations.
Jeremiah 48:35 (show verse)
Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab,” says the Lord, “the one who ascends and offers sacrifice in the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.
Jeremiah 48:36 (show verse)
“Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished.
Jeremiah 48:37 (show verse)
For every head is [shaven] bald and every beard cut off; there are cuts (slashes) on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins [all expressions of mourning].
Jeremiah 48:38 (show verse)
On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation (expressions of grief for the dead) everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 48:39 (show verse)
“How it is broken down! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab will become a laughingstock and a [horrifying] terror to all who are around him.”
Jeremiah 48:40 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, one (Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon) will fly swiftly like an eagle
And spread out his wings against Moab.
And spread out his wings against Moab.
Jeremiah 48:41 (show verse)
“Kerioth [and the cities] has been taken
And the strongholds seized;
And the hearts of the warriors of Moab in that day
Shall be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.
Jeremiah 48:42 (show verse)
“Moab will be
Because he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:43 (show verse)
“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:44 (show verse)
“The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who gets up out of the pit
Will be taken and caught in the trap;
For I shall bring upon it, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:45 (show verse)
“In the shadow of Heshbon
The fugitives stand powerless [helpless and without strength],
For a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
A flame from the midst of Sihon;
It has destroyed the forehead of Moab
And the crowns of the heads of [the arrogant Moabites] the ones in tumult.
Jeremiah 48:46 (show verse)
“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Moab!
The people of [the pagan god called] Chemosh have perished;
For your sons have been taken away captive
And your daughters into captivity.
Jeremiah 48:47 (show verse)
“Yet I will return the captives and restore the fortunes of Moab
In the latter days,” says the Lord.
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.