Jeremiah 48
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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.
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.
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

Moab This prophecy against Moab, as well as the following ones con- concerning Ammon, Edom, and the neighbouring countries, seem to have been fulfilled during the long siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. Josephus places these events five years after the destruction of Jerusalem.

Numbers 21:27 Why they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city …

her

Esther 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather …

Psalm 137:9 Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

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.

Luhith Luhith is placed by Eusebius between Areopis, or Ar, and Zoar. It was evidently situated upon a height; as was also Horonaim, which was probably not far from Luhith.

Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, …

continual weeping [heb] weeping with weeping

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
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.

because

Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …

Jeremiah 13:25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, said the …

Psalm 40:4 Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not …

Psalm 49:6,7 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude …

Psalm 52:7 See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted …

Psalm 62:8-10 Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before …

Isaiah 59:4-6 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, …

Ezekiel 28:2-5 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because …

Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten …

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, …

Revelation 18:7 How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much …

Chemosh

Jeremiah 48:13,46 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was …

Jeremiah 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and …

Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, Moab! you are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given …

Judges 11:24 Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? …

1 Kings 11:7,33 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination …

Isaiah 46:1,2 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on …

his priests

Jeremiah 49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, you daughters of Rabbah, …

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.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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.
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.
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
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.
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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!
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.
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
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.

ye him

Jeremiah 13:13,14 Then shall you say to them, Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will fill …

Jeremiah 25:15-17,27-29 For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of …

Jeremiah 51:7,39,57 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the …

Psalm 60:3 You have showed your people hard things: you have made us to drink …

Psalm 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; …

Isaiah 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, …

Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand …

Isaiah 63:6 And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk …

Lamentations 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood.

Lamentations 4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of …

Ezekiel 23:31-34 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give …

Nahum 3:11 You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek …

Revelation 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of …

for he

Jeremiah 48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified …

Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to …

Exodus 9:17 As yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself …

Isaiah 10:15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall …

Ezekiel 35:12,13 And you shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all …

Daniel 5:23 But have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they …

Daniel 8:11,12 Yes, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by …

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, …

Zephaniah 2:8-10 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children …

2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that …

wallow

Isaiah 19:14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in the middle thereof: and …

Isaiah 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, …

Habakkuk 2:16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your …

and he also

Jeremiah 48:39 They shall howl, saying…

Psalm 2:4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

Psalm 59:8 But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the heathen …

Lamentations 1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my …

Ezekiel 23:32 Thus said the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister's cup deep …

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
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.
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.
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

every head

Jeremiah 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not …

Jeremiah 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, …

Jeremiah 47:5 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of …

Isaiah 3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall …

Isaiah 15:2,3 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: …

Ezekiel 7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall …

Ezekiel 27:31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them …

Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into …

Micah 1:16 Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your …

clipped [heb] diminished
cuttings

Leviticus 19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print …

1 Kings 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with …

Mark 5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, …

upon the loins

Genesis 37:29,34 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the …

1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his …

2 Kings 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, …

Isaiah 20:2 At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, …

Isaiah 37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his …

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy …

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.
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.
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
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.
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
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.
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.
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Yet will I bring Many of the Moabites were afterwards restored to their country by Cyrus, as we learn from Josephus; but they never were restored to their nation consequence; and perhaps their restoration in the latter days refers to the conversion of their scattered remnants to the gospel.

Jeremiah 46:26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, …

Jeremiah 49:6,39 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of …

Isaiah 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts of …

Isaiah 19:18-23 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language …

Isaiah 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it …

Ezekiel 16:53-55 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom …

in the latter

Jeremiah 23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and …

Jeremiah 30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done …

Numbers 24:14 And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore…

Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, …

Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, …

Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the …

Ezekiel 38:8 After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall …

Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known …

Daniel 10:14 Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall your people …

Hosea 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD …

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