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179 lines
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Judgment on Moab
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# Chapter 48
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1. Concerning Moab.
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Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
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"Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste!
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Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
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the fortress is put to shame and broken down;
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2. the renown of Moab is no more.
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In Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
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'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!'
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You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
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the sword shall pursue you.
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3. "A voice! A cry from Horonaim,
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'Desolation and great destruction!'
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4. Moab is destroyed;
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her little ones have made a cry.
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5. For at the ascent of Luhith
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they go up weeping;
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for at the descent of Horonaim
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they have heard the distressed cry of destruction.
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6. Flee! Save yourselves!
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You will be like a juniper in the desert!
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7. For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
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you also shall be taken;
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and Chemosh shall go into exile
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with his priests and his officials.
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8. The destroyer shall come upon every city,
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and no city shall escape;
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the valley 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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for she would fly away;
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her cities shall become a desolation,
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with no inhabitant in them.
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10. "Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
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11. "Moab has been at ease from his youth
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and has settled on his dregs;
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he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
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nor has he gone into exile;
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so his taste remains in him,
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and his scent is not changed.
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12. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his jars in pieces.
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13. Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
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14. "How do you say, 'We are heroes
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and mighty men of war'?
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15. The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,
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and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
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declares the King, 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 hastens swiftly.
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17. Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
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and all who know his name;
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say, 'How the mighty scepter is broken,
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the glorious staff.'
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18. "Come down from your glory,
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and sit on the parched ground,
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O inhabitant of Dibon!
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For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
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he has destroyed your strongholds.
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19. Stand by the way and watch,
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O inhabitant of Aroer!
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Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
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say, 'What has happened?'
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20. Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
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wail and cry!
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Tell it beside the Arnon,
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that Moab is laid waste.
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21. "Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,
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22. and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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23. and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
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24. and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
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25. The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, declares the LORD.
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26. "Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
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27. Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?
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28. "Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
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O inhabitants of Moab!
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Be like the dove that nests
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in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
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29. We have heard of the pride of Moab--
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he is very proud--
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of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
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and the haughtiness of his heart.
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30. I know his insolence, declares the LORD;
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his boasts are false,
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his deeds are false.
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31. Therefore I wail for Moab;
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I cry out for all Moab;
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for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
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32. More than for Jazer I weep for you,
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O vine of Sibmah!
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Your branches passed over the sea,
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reached to the Sea of Jazer;
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on your summer fruits and your grapes
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the destroyer has fallen.
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33. Gladness and joy have been taken away
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from the fruitful land of Moab;
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I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
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no one treads them with shouts of joy;
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the shouting is not the shout of joy.
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34. "From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
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35. And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the LORD, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god.
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36. Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
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37. "For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
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38. On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the LORD.
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39. How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."
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40. For thus says the LORD:
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"Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
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and spread his wings against Moab;
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41. the cities shall be taken
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and the strongholds seized.
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The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
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like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;
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42. Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people,
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because he magnified himself against the LORD.
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43. Terror, pit, and snare
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are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
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declares the LORD.
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44. He who flees from the terror
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shall fall into the pit,
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and he who climbs out of the pit
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shall be caught in the snare.
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For I will bring these things upon Moab,
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the year of their punishment,
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declares the LORD.
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45. "In the shadow of Heshbon
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fugitives stop without strength,
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for fire came out from Heshbon,
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flame from the house of Sihon;
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it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,
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the crown of the sons of tumult.
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46. Woe to you, O Moab!
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The people of Chemosh are undone,
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for your sons have been taken captive,
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and your daughters into captivity.
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47. Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
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in the latter days, declares the LORD."
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Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
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