Jeremiah 48:1-25

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Jeremiah 48:1-25

1Concerning 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 they devise evil against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’
You too, O people of Madmen, 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.
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.’
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 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 the high plain —
upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab,
those far and near.
25The horn of Moab has been cut off,
and his arm is broken,”
— Jeremiah 48:1-25

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