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1 Of Moab. Jehovah of hosts says thus, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is put to shame; it is taken. The fortress is put to shame and broken down.
2 The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you.
3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim: Desolation and great destruction! 4 Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 5 For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping, for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. 6 Flee, save your* lives and be like the heath in the wilderness.
7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. And Chemosh will go forth into captivity, his priests and his rulers together. 8 And the destroyer will come upon every city and no city will escape. The valley also will perish and the plain will be destroyed, as Jehovah has spoken.
9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away. And her cities will become a desolation, without any to dwell in it. 10 Cursed be he who does the work of Jehovah negligently and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
11 Moab has been at ease from his youth and he has settled on his lees and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remains in him and his scent is not changed.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will send to him those who pour off and they will pour him off. And they will empty his vessels and smash their jugs. 13 And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
14 How can you* say, We are mighty men and valiant men for the war? 15 Moab is laid waste and they have gone up into his cities. And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come and his affliction hastens fast. 17 All you* who are all around him, sympathize with him and all you* who know his name, say, How the strong staff has broken, the beautiful rod!
18 O you daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory and sit in thirst, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask he who flees and she who escapes. Say, What has been done? 20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Wail and cry, tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
21 And judgment has come upon the plain country: upon Holon and upon Jahzah and upon Mephaath, 22 and upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 and upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon, 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, says Jehovah.
26 You* make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah. And Moab will wallow in his vomit and he also will be a laughing-stock.
27 For was not Israel a laughing-stock to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
28 O you* inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud, his loftiness and his pride and his arrogance and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, says Jehovah, that it is nothing. His boastings have worked nothing.
31 Therefore I will wail for Moab, yes, I will cry out for all Moab. For they will mourn the men of Kir-heres. 32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruits and upon your vintage. 33 And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses. None will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also will become desolate.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Jehovah, he who offers in the high place and he who burns incense to his gods.
36 Therefore my heart roars for Moab like pipes and my heart roars like pipes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished. 37 For every head is bald and every beard clipped. Upon all the hands are cuttings and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it, there is lamentation everywhere.
For I have broken Moab like a vessel of which none delights, says Jehovah. 39 How it is broken down! How they do wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So Moab will become a laughing-stock and a horror to all who are all around him.
40 For Jehovah says thus: Behold, he will fly as an eagle and will spread out his wings against Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken and the strongholds are seized and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.
43 Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says Jehovah. 44 He who flees from the fear will fall into the pit and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare. For I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says Jehovah. 45 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon. For a fire has gone forth out of Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon and has devoured the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone, for your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into captivity. 47 Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim: Desolation and great destruction! 4 Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. 5 For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping, for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. 6 Flee, save your* lives and be like the heath in the wilderness.
7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. And Chemosh will go forth into captivity, his priests and his rulers together. 8 And the destroyer will come upon every city and no city will escape. The valley also will perish and the plain will be destroyed, as Jehovah has spoken.
9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away. And her cities will become a desolation, without any to dwell in it. 10 Cursed be he who does the work of Jehovah negligently and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
11 Moab has been at ease from his youth and he has settled on his lees and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remains in him and his scent is not changed.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will send to him those who pour off and they will pour him off. And they will empty his vessels and smash their jugs. 13 And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
14 How can you* say, We are mighty men and valiant men for the war? 15 Moab is laid waste and they have gone up into his cities. And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come and his affliction hastens fast. 17 All you* who are all around him, sympathize with him and all you* who know his name, say, How the strong staff has broken, the beautiful rod!
18 O you daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory and sit in thirst, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds. 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask he who flees and she who escapes. Say, What has been done? 20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Wail and cry, tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
21 And judgment has come upon the plain country: upon Holon and upon Jahzah and upon Mephaath, 22 and upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 and upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon, 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, says Jehovah.
26 You* make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah. And Moab will wallow in his vomit and he also will be a laughing-stock.
27 For was not Israel a laughing-stock to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
28 O you* inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell in the rock and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud, his loftiness and his pride and his arrogance and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, says Jehovah, that it is nothing. His boastings have worked nothing.
31 Therefore I will wail for Moab, yes, I will cry out for all Moab. For they will mourn the men of Kir-heres. 32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruits and upon your vintage. 33 And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses. None will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also will become desolate.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Jehovah, he who offers in the high place and he who burns incense to his gods.
36 Therefore my heart roars for Moab like pipes and my heart roars like pipes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished. 37 For every head is bald and every beard clipped. Upon all the hands are cuttings and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it, there is lamentation everywhere.
For I have broken Moab like a vessel of which none delights, says Jehovah. 39 How it is broken down! How they do wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So Moab will become a laughing-stock and a horror to all who are all around him.
40 For Jehovah says thus: Behold, he will fly as an eagle and will spread out his wings against Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken and the strongholds are seized and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.
43 Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says Jehovah. 44 He who flees from the fear will fall into the pit and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare. For I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says Jehovah. 45 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon. For a fire has gone forth out of Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon and has devoured the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone, for your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into captivity. 47 Yet I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.