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# Jeremiah 48 (New King James Version)
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Judgment on Moab
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##### Chapter 48
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###### 1 Against Moab.
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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
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"Woe to Nebo!
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For it is plundered,
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Kirjathaim is shamed _and_ taken;
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The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed--
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###### 2 No more praise of Moab.
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In Heshbon they have devised evil against her:
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'Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.'
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You also shall be cut down, O Madmen!
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The sword shall pursue you;
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###### 3 A voice of crying _shall be_ from Horonaim:
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'Plundering and great destruction!'
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###### 4 "Moab is destroyed;
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Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;
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###### 5 For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
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For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
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###### 6 "Flee, save your lives!
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And be like the juniper in the wilderness.
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###### 7 For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures,
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You also shall be taken.
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And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
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His priests and his princes together.
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###### 8 And the plunderer shall come against every city;
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No one shall escape.
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The valley also shall perish,
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And the plain shall be destroyed,
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As the Lord has spoken.
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###### 9 "Give wings to Moab,
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That she may flee and get away;
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For her cities shall be desolate,
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Without any to dwell in them.
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###### 10 Cursed _is_ he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully,
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And cursed _is_ he who keeps back his sword from blood.
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###### 11 "Moab has been at ease from his youth;
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He has settled on his dregs,
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And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
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Nor has he gone into captivity.
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Therefore his taste remained in him,
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And his scent has not changed.
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###### 12 "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the Lord,
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"That I shall send him wine-workers
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Who will tip him over
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And empty his vessels
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And break the bottles.
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###### 13 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,
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As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
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###### 14 "How can you say, 'We _are_ mighty
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And strong men for the war'?
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###### 15 Moab is plundered and gone up _from_ her cities;
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Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter," says the King,
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Whose name _is_ the Lord of hosts.
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###### 16 "The calamity of Moab _is_ near at hand,
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And his affliction comes quickly.
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###### 17 Bemoan him, all you who are around him;
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And all you who know his name,
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Say, 'How the strong staff is broken,
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The beautiful rod!'
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###### 18 "O daughter inhabiting Dibon,
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Come down from _your_ glory,
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And sit in thirst;
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For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
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He has destroyed your strongholds.
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###### 19 O inhabitant of Aroer,
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Stand by the way and watch;
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Ask him who flees
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And her who escapes;
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Say, 'What has happened?'
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###### 20 Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
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Wail and cry!
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Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
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###### 21 "And judgment has come on the plain country:
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On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
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###### 22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
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###### 23 On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
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###### 24 On Kerioth and Bozrah,
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On all the cities of the land of Moab,
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Far or near.
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###### 25 The horn of Moab is cut off,
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And his arm is broken," says the Lord.
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###### 26 "Make him drunk,
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Because he exalted _himself_ against the Lord.
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Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
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And he shall also be in derision.
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###### 27 For was not Israel a derision to you?
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Was he found among thieves?
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For whenever you speak of him,
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You shake _your head in_ _scorn_.
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###### 28 You who dwell in Moab,
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Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
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And be like the dove _which_ makes her nest
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In the sides of the cave's mouth.
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###### 29 "We have heard the pride of Moab
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(He _is_ exceedingly proud),
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Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride,
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And of the haughtiness of his heart."
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###### 30 "I know his wrath," says the Lord,
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"But it _is_ not right;
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His lies have made nothing right.
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###### 31 Therefore I will wail for Moab,
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And I will cry out for all Moab;
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I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
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###### 32 O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer.
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Your plants have gone over the sea,
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They reach to the sea of Jazer.
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The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
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###### 33 Joy and gladness are taken
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From the plentiful field
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And from the land of Moab;
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I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses;
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No one will tread with joyous shouting--
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Not joyous shouting!
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###### 34 "From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh and to Jahaz
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They have uttered their voice,
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From Zoar to Horonaim,
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_Like_ a three-year-old heifer;
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For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.
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###### 35 "Moreover," says the Lord,
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"I will cause to cease in Moab
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The one who offers _sacrifices_ in the high places
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And burns incense to his gods.
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###### 36 Therefore My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,
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And like flutes My heart shall wail
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For the men of Kir Heres.
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Therefore the riches they have acquired have perished.
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###### 37 "For every head _shall be_ bald, and every beard clipped;
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On all the hands _shall be_ cuts, and on the loins sackcloth--
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###### 38 A general lamentation
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On all the housetops of Moab,
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And in its streets;
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For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which _is_ no pleasure," says the Lord.
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###### 39 "They shall wail:
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'How she is broken down!
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How Moab has turned her back with shame!'
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So Moab shall be a derision
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And a dismay to all those about her."
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###### 40 For thus says the Lord:
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"Behold, one shall fly like an eagle,
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And spread his wings over Moab.
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###### 41 Kerioth is taken,
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And the strongholds are surprised;
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The mighty men's hearts in Moab on that day shall be
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Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
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###### 42 And Moab shall be destroyed as a people,
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Because he exalted _himself_ against the Lord.
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###### 43 Fear and the pit and the snare _shall be_ upon you,
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O inhabitant of Moab," says the Lord.
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###### 44 "He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
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And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.
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For upon Moab, upon it I will bring
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The year of their punishment," says the Lord.
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###### 45 "Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon
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Because of exhaustion.
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But a fire shall come out of Heshbon,
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A flame from the midst of Sihon,
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And shall devour the brow of Moab,
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The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
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###### 46 Woe to you, O Moab!
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The people of Chemosh perish;
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For your sons have been taken captive,
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And your daughters captive.
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###### 47 "Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab
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In the latter days," says the Lord.
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Thus far _is_ the judgment of Moab.
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