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| 1This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo; it will soon lie in ruins. The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured; the fortress will be humiliated and broken down. | 1Concerning Moab: This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold will be disgraced and shattered. |
| 2No one will ever brag about Moab again, for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her. ‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’ The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced; the sword will follow you there. | 2Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon people will plot her downfall: 'Come, let us put an end to that nation.' You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you. |
| 3Listen to the cries from Horonaim, cries of devastation and great destruction. | 3Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction. |
| 4All Moab is destroyed. Her little ones will cry out. | 4Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out. |
| 5Her refugees weep bitterly, climbing the slope to Luhith. They cry out in terror, descending the slope to Horonaim. | 5They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping bitterly as they go; on the road down to Horonaim anguished cries over the destruction are heard. |
| 6Flee for your lives! Hide in the wilderness! | 6Flee! Run for your lives; become like a bush in the desert. |
| 7Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill, you will be taken captive. Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials, will be hauled off to distant lands! | 7Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials. |
| 8“All the towns will be destroyed, and no one will escape— either on the plateaus or in the valleys, for the LORD has spoken. | 8The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the LORD has spoken. |
| 9Oh, that Moab had wings so she could fly away, for her towns will be left empty, with no one living in them. | 9Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them. |
| 10Cursed are those who refuse to do the LORD’s work, who hold back their swords from shedding blood! | 10"A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD's work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed! |
| 11“From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace, never going into exile. He is like wine that has been allowed to settle. He has not been poured from flask to flask, and he is now fragrant and smooth. | 11"Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another-- she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged. |
| 12But the time is coming soon,” says the LORD, “when I will send men to pour him from his jar. They will pour him out, then shatter the jar! | 12But days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send men who pour from pitchers, and they will pour her out; they will empty her pitchers and smash her jars. |
| 13At last Moab will be ashamed of his idol Chemosh, as the people of Israel were ashamed of their gold calf at Bethel. | 13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. |
| 14“You used to boast, ‘We are heroes, mighty men of war.’ | 14"How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'? |
| 15But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed. His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. | 15Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty. |
| 16“Destruction is coming fast for Moab; calamity threatens ominously. | 16"The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly. |
| 17You friends of Moab, weep for him and cry! See how the strong scepter is broken, how the beautiful staff is shattered! | 17Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!' |
| 18“Come down from your glory and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon, for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too. They will tear down all your towers. | 18"Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities. |
| 19You people of Aroer, stand beside the road and watch. Shout to those who flee from Moab, ‘What has happened there?’ | 19Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, 'What has happened?' |
| 20“And the reply comes back, ‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!’ | 20Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. |
| 21Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau— on Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath, | 21Judgment has come to the plateau-- to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath, |
| 22on Dibon and Nebo and Beth-diblathaim, | 22to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim, |
| 23on Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon, | 23to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon, |
| 24on Kerioth and Bozrah— all the towns of Moab, far and near. | 24to Kerioth and Bozrah-- to all the towns of Moab, far and near. |
| 25“The strength of Moab has ended. His arm has been broken,” says the LORD. | 25Moab's horn is cut off; her arm is broken," declares the LORD. |
| 26“Let him stagger and fall like a drunkard, for he has rebelled against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, ridiculed by all. | 26"Make her drunk, for she has defied the LORD. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule. |
| 27Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do? | 27Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her? |
| 28“You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves. Hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks. | 28Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave. |
| 29We have all heard of the pride of Moab, for his pride is very great. We know of his lofty pride, his arrogance, and his haughty heart. | 29"We have heard of Moab's pride-- how great is her arrogance!-- of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart. |
| 30I know about his insolence,” says the LORD, “but his boasts are empty— as empty as his deeds. | 30I know her insolence but it is futile," declares the LORD, "and her boasts accomplish nothing. |
| 31So now I wail for Moab; yes, I will mourn for Moab. My heart is broken for the men of Kir-hareseth. | 31Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. |
| 32“You people of Sibmah, rich in vineyards, I will weep for you even more than I did for Jazer. Your spreading vines once reached as far as the Dead Sea, but the destroyer has stripped you bare! He has harvested your grapes and summer fruits. | 32I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes. |
| 33Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab. The presses yield no wine. No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy. There is shouting, yes, but not of joy. | 33Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy. |
| 34“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now. | 34"The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up. |
| 35“I will put an end to Moab,” says the LORD, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods. | 35In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods," declares the LORD. |
| 36My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared. | 36"So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone. |
| 37The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap. | 37Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth. |
| 38There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar. | 38On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants," declares the LORD. |
| 39How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.” | 39"How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her." |
| 40This is what the LORD says: “Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle, spreading his wings over Moab. | 40This is what the LORD says: "Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab. |
| 41Its cities will fall, and its strongholds will be seized. Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish like a woman in labor. | 41Kerioth will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. |
| 42Moab will no longer be a nation, for it has boasted against the LORD. | 42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD. |
| 43“Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, O Moab,” says the LORD. | 43Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab," declares the LORD. |
| 44“Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will step into a snare. I will see to it that you do not get away, for the time of your judgment has come,” says the LORD. | 44"Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment," declares the LORD. |
| 45“The people flee as far as Heshbon but are unable to go on. For a fire comes from Heshbon, King Sihon’s ancient home, to devour the entire land with all its rebellious people. | 45"In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters. |
| 46“What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed! Your sons and your daughters have been taken away as captives. | 46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed; your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity. |
| 47But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come. I, the LORD, have spoken!” This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab. | 47"Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come," declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab. |
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