Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 48:1 (show verse)
Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel against Moab, "Woe be to the city of Nebo, for it shall be laid waste, brought to confusion and taken. Yea the strong city of Kiriathaim shall be brought to shame, and afraid.
Jeremiah 48:2 (show verse)
Moab can boast no more of Heshbon, for they have devised against it. 'Come,' shall they say, 'let us root them out, that they may be no more among the number of the Gentiles; yea, that they may no more be thought upon.' Thus the sword shall persecute thee:
Jeremiah 48:3 (show verse)
A voice shall cry from Horonaim, 'With great wasting and destruction
Jeremiah 48:4 (show verse)
is Moab made desolate!' And this cry shall be heard in all her cities.
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Jeremiah 48:5 (show verse)
At the going up unto Luhith there shall arise a lamentation: and down toward Horonaim, there shall be heard a cruel and deadly cry.
Jeremiah 48:6 (show verse)
'Get you away, save your lives and be like unto the heath in the wilderness!'
Jeremiah 48:7 (show verse)
For because thou hast trusted in thy strongholds and treasure, thou shalt be taken. Chemosh with his priests and princes shall go away into captivity.
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)
The destroyer shall come upon all cities, none shall escape. The valleys shall be destroyed, and the fields shall be laid waste: like as the LORD hath determined.
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Jeremiah 48:9 (show verse)
Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.
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Jeremiah 48:10 (show verse)
Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD negligently; and cured be he that keepeth back his sword from shedding of blood.
Jeremiah 48:11 (show verse)
Moab hath ever been rich and careless from her youth up, she hath sitten and taken her ease with her treasure. She was never yet put out of one vessel into another, that is, she never went away into captivity, therefore her taste remaineth, and her savour is not yet changed.
Jeremiah 48:12 (show verse)
But lo, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I shall send her trussers to truss her up, to prepare and season her vessels: yea her tankards rattle and shake to and fro.
Jeremiah 48:13 (show verse)
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, like as Israel was ashamed of Bethel, wherein she put her trust.
Jeremiah 48:14 (show verse)
"Wherefore do ye think thus, 'We are mighty, and strong men of war'?
Jeremiah 48:15 (show verse)
Moab shall be destroyed, her cities burnt up: her chosen young men shall be slain, sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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Jeremiah 48:16 (show verse)
The destruction of Moab cometh on a pace, and her fall is at hand.
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Jeremiah 48:17 (show verse)
All her neighbours shall mourn for her, and all they that know her name, shall say, 'O how happeneth it, that the strong staff and the goodly rod is thus broken?'
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Jeremiah 48:18 (show verse)
And thou, daughter Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in poverty. For he that destroyeth Moab, shall come up to thee also, and break down thy strongholds.
Jeremiah 48:19 (show verse)
And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get thee to the street, and look about thee: ask them that are fled and escaped, and say, 'What thing is happened?'
Jeremiah 48:20 (show verse)
O Moab is confounded and overcome. Mourn and cry, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed.
Jeremiah 48:21 (show verse)
And misery shall come upon the plain land: Namely, upon Holon, and Jahzah, upon Mephaath
Jeremiah 48:22 (show verse)
and Dibon, upon Nebo, and the house of Diblathaim,
Jeremiah 48:23 (show verse)
upon Kiriathaim and Bethgamul, upon Bethmeon,
Jeremiah 48:24 (show verse)
and Kerioth, upon Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, whether they lie far or near.
Jeremiah 48:25 (show verse)
The horn of Moab shall be smitten down, and her arm broken, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:26 (show verse)
Make her drunken, for she magnified herself above the LORD, that men may clap their hands at her vomit, and that she also may be laughed into scorn.
Jeremiah 48:27 (show verse)
O Israel, shalt thou not laugh him to scorn, when he is taken among thieves? Yea, because of thy words that thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be driven away.
Jeremiah 48:28 (show verse)
Ye Moabites shall leave the cities, and dwell in rocks of stone, and become like doves that make their nests in holes.
Jeremiah 48:29 (show verse)
As for Moab's pride, we have heard of it, she is very high-minded. I know her stoutness, her boasting, her arrogance, and the pride of her stomach, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:30 (show verse)
For her furiousness may neither uphold her with strength nor deed.
Jeremiah 48:31 (show verse)
Therefore shall their mourning be made for Moab, and every man shall cry for Moab's sake: a lamentation shall be made to the men that stand upon the wall.
Jeremiah 48:32 (show verse)
So will I mourn for thee also O Jazer, and for thee, O thou vineyard of Sibmah. Thy wine branches shall come over the sea, and the branches of Jazer but unto the sea. The destroyer shall break into thy harvest and grape gathering:
Jeremiah 48:33 (show verse)
Mirth and cheer shall be taken away from the timber field, and from the whole land of Moab. There shall be no sweet wine in the press, the treader shall have no stomach to cry, yea there shall be none to cry unto him:
Jeremiah 48:34 (show verse)
which aforetime were heard from Heshbon to Elealeh, and Jahaz, which lifted up their voice from Zoar unto Horonaim, that bullock of three years old. The waters also of Nimrim shall be dried up.
Jeremiah 48:35 (show verse)
Moreover, I will make Moab cease, sayeth the LORD, from the offerings and censing that she hath made unto her gods in high places.
Jeremiah 48:36 (show verse)
Wherefore my heart mourneth for Moab, like a crowd playing a heavy song: and for the men's sake of the brick wall my heart mourneth also, even as a pipe that pipeth a doleful song. For they shall be very few, and destroyed.
Jeremiah 48:37 (show verse)
All heads shall be shaven, and all beards clipped off: all hands bound, and all loins girded about with sack cloth.
Jeremiah 48:38 (show verse)
Upon all the housetops and streets of Moab, there shall be mourning: For I will break Moab like an unprofitable vessel sayeth the LORD.
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Jeremiah 48:39 (show verse)
O how fearful is she? O how mourneth she? O how doth Moab hang down her head, and is ashamed? Thus shall Moab be a laughingstock, and had in derision of all them, that be round about her.
Jeremiah 48:40 (show verse)
For thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, the enemy shall come flying as an Eagle, and spread his wings upon Moab.
Jeremiah 48:41 (show verse)
They shall climb over the walls, and win the strongholds. Then the mighty men's hearts in Moab shall be like the heart of a woman travailing with child.
Jeremiah 48:42 (show verse)
And Moab shall be made so desolate, that she shall no more be a people, because she hath set up herself against the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:43 (show verse)
Fear, pit, and snare shall come upon thee, O Moab, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:44 (show verse)
Whoso escapeth the fear, shall fall in the pit: and whoso getteth out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring a year of visitation upon Moab, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:45 (show verse)
They that are able to flee, shall stand under the shadow of Heshbon. For there shall go a fire out of Heshbon, and a flame from Zion, and shall burn up that proud people of Moab, both before and behind.
Jeremiah 48:46 (show verse)
Woe be unto thee, O Moab, for thou people of Chemosh shall perish. Yea, thy sons and daughters shall be led away captive.
Jeremiah 48:47 (show verse)
Yet at the last will I bring Moab out of captivity again, sayeth the LORD." Thus far is the plague of Moab.