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Chapter 48 |
| 1 | Against Moab
thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is
spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and
dismayed. |
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| There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they
have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.
Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. |
| 3 | A
voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
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| 4 | Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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| 5 | For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the
going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. |
| 6 |
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. |
| 7 | For
because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be
taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his
princes together. |
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8 | And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no
city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be
destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. |
| 9 | Give wings unto Moab, that it
may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to
dwell therein. |
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10 | Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD
deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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| 11 | Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees,
and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into
captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not
changed. |
| 12
| Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I
will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty
his vessels, and break their bottles. |
| 13 | And Moab shall be ashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
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| 14 | How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? |
| 15 | Moab
is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone
down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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| 16 | The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth
fast. |
| 17 |
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know
his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
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| 18 | Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit
in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy
thy strong holds. |
| 19 | O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and
espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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| 20 | Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in
Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, |
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21 | And judgment is come upon the plain
country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, |
| 22 | And upon
Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, |
| 23 | And upon
Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, |
| 24 | And upon
Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or
near. |
| 25 |
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the
LORD. |
| 26 |
Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the
LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in
derision. |
| 27
| For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found
among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
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| 28 | O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be
like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. |
| 29 |
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his
arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. |
| 30 | I know
his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect
it. |
| 31 |
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all
Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. |
| 32 | O vine of
Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone
over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon
thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. |
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33 | And joy and gladness is
taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused
wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their
shouting shall be no shouting. |
| 34 | From the cry of Heshbon even
unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar
even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of
Nimrim shall be desolate. |
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35 | Moreover I will cause to cease in
Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that
burneth incense to his gods. |
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36 | Therefore mine heart shall sound for
Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres:
because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. |
| 37 | For every
head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be
cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. |
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38 | There shall be lamentation
generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I
have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
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| 39 | They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the
back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about
him. |
| 40 |
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and
shall spread his wings over Moab. |
| 41 | Kerioth is taken, and the
strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day
shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. |
| 42 | And Moab
shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself
against the LORD. |
| 43 | Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be
upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. |
| 44 | He that
fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the
pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the
year of their visitation, saith the LORD. |
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45 | They that fled stood under
the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of
Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of
Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. |
| 46 | Woe be unto
thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives,
and thy daughters captives. |
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47 | Yet will I bring again the captivity
of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of
Moab. |
