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Judgment on Moab
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
“ Woe to Nebo,
for it will be devastated.
Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced;
the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
2There is no longer praise for Moab;
in Heshbon[fn] they devise evil against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’
You too, O [people of] Madmen,[fn] will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3A voice cries out from Horonaim:
‘Devastation and great destruction!’
4Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.[fn]
5For on the ascent to Luhith
they weep bitterly as they go,
and on the descent to Horonaim
cries of distress resound
over the destruction:
6‘Flee! Run for your lives!
Become like a juniper in the desert.[fn]’
7Because you trust in your works and treasures,
you too will be captured,
and Chemosh will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
8The destroyer will move against every city,
and not one town will escape.
The valley will also be ruined,
and the high plain will be destroyed,
as the LORD has said.
9Put salt on Moab,
for she will be laid waste
her cities will become desolate,
with no one to dwell in them.
10Cursed [is the one] who is remiss
in doing the work of the LORD,
and cursed is he who withholds
his sword from bloodshed.
11Moab has been at ease from youth,
settled like wine on its dregs;
he has not been poured from vessel to vessel
[or] gone into exile.
So his flavor has remained the same,
and his aroma vvv is unchanged.
12Therefore behold, the days are coming,
declares the LORD,
when I will send to him wanderers,
who will pour him out.
They will empty his vessels
and shatter his jars.
13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.
14How can you say,‘We are warriors,
mighty men ready for battle’ ?
15Moab has been destroyed
and its towns have been invaded;
the best of its young men
have gone down in the slaughter,
declares the King,
whose name [is] the LORD of Hosts.
16Moab’s calamity is at hand
and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
17Mourn for him, all you who surround him,
everyone who knows his name;
tell how the mighty scepter is shattered —
the glorious staff!
18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground,
O daughter dwelling in Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19Stand by the road and watch,
O dweller of Aroer!
Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping
‘What has happened?’
20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21Judgment has come upon vvv the high plain—
upon Holon, Jahzah,[fn] and Mephaath,
22upon Dibon, Nebo, and vvv Beth-diblathaim,
23upon Kiriathaim, vvv Beth-gamul, and vvv Beth-meon,
24upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns vvv of Moab,
those far and near.
25The horn of Moab has been cut off,
and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
26“Make him drunk,
because he has magnified himself against the LORD;
so Moab will wallow in his own vomit,
and he will also become a laughingstock.
27Was not Israel your object of ridicule?
Was he ever found [among thieves]
For whenever you speak of him
you shake your head.
28Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks,
O dwellers of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests at the mouth of a cave.
29We have heard of Moab’s pomposity,
his exceeding pride [and] conceit,
his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
30I know his insolence,” declares the LORD,
“but it is futile
His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
31Therefore I will wail for Moab;
I will cry out for all of Moab;
I will moan for the men vvv of Kir-heres.[fn]
32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah,
more than I weep for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;[fn]
they reach [even] to Jazer.[fn]
The destroyer has descended
on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard
and from the fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
their shouts are not for joy.
34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh;
they raise their voices to Jahaz,
from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah
for even the waters of Nimrim vvv have dried up.
35In Moab, declares the LORD,
I will bring an end
to those who make offerings on the high places
and burn incense to their gods.
36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab;
[it] laments like a flute for the men vvv of Kir-heres,
because the wealth they acquired has perished.
37For every head is shaved
and every beard is clipped;
on every hand is a gash,
and around every waist [is] sackcloth.
38On all the rooftops of Moab
and in the public squares,
everyone is mourning;
for I have shattered Moab vvv like an unwanted jar declares the LORD.
39“How shattered [it is]! How they wail!
How Moab has turned his back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror
to all those around him.”
40For this is what the LORD says:
“ Behold, an eagle swoops down
and spreads his wings against Moab.
41Kirioth has been taken,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42Moab will be destroyed as a nation
because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
43Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
44“Whoever flees the panic
will fall into the pit,
and whoever climbs from the pit
will be caught in the snare.
For I will bring upon Moab
the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
45“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow,
because fire has gone forth from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It devours the foreheads of Moab
and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
46Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished;
for your sons have been taken into exile
and your daughters have gone into captivity.
47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,[fn]” declares the LORD.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for silenced.
48:4 Hebrew; LXX her cries are heard as far away as Zoar
48:6 Or like a wild donkey or like Aroer
48:21 Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see verse 34.
48:31 Kir-heres is a variant of Kir-hareseth; also in verse 36; see Isaiah 16:7.
48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts to the Sea of Jazer
48:47 Or restore the fortunes of Moab
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