| 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. |
| 2 | 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. |
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3 | A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
destruction. |
| 4 | Moab is
destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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9 | Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get
away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell
therein. |
| 10 | Cursed be he
that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back
his sword from blood. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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! |
| 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? |
| 20 | Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and
cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, |
|
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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
|
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. |
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40 | For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and
shall spread his wings over Moab. |
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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. |
| 47 | Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the
latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. |
