Jeremiah:48

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* Of Moab . Thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Woe unto Nebo ! for it is spoiled ; Kiriathaim is put to shame , it is taken ; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed . * 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 .' Thou also , O Madmen , shalt be brought to silence ; the sword shall pursue thee . * Hark ! a cry from Horonaim , spoiling and great destruction ! * Moab is destroyed ; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard . * For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up ; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction . * Flee , save your lives , and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness . * For , because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures , thou also shalt be taken ; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity , his priests and his princes together . * 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 , for she must fly and get away ; and her cities shall become a desolation , without any to dwell therein . * Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand , 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 remaineth in him , and his scent is not changed . * Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the LORD , that I will send unto him them that tilt up , and they shall tilt him up ; and they shall empty his vessels , and break their bottles in pieces . * And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh , as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence . * How say ye : 'We are mighty men , and valiant men for the war '? * Moab is spoiled , and they are gone up into 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 . * Bemoan him , all ye that are round about him , and all ye that know his name ; say : 'How is the strong staff broken , the beautiful rod !' * O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon , come down from thy glory , and sit in thirst ; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee , he hath destroyed thy strongholds . * O inhabitant of Aroer , stand by the way , and watch ; ask him that fleeth , and her that escapeth ; say : 'What hath been done ?' * Moab is put to shame , for it is dismayed ; wail and cry ; tell ye it in Arnon , that Moab is spoiled . * And judgment is come upon the country of the Plain ; upon Holon , and upon Jahzah , and upon Mephaath ; * and upon Dibon , and upon Nebo , and upon Beth-diblathaim ; * and upon Kiriathaim , and upon Beth-gamul , and upon Beth-meon ; * 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 ; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit , and he also shall be in derision . * For was not Israel a derision unto thee ? Was he found among thieves ? For as often as thou speakest of him , thou waggest the head . * 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 pit 's mouth . * We have heard of the pride of Moab ; he is very proud ; his loftiness , and his pride , and his haughtiness , and the assumption of his heart . * I know his arrogancy , saith the LORD , that it is ill-founded ; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded . * Therefore will I wail for Moab ; yea , I will cry out for all Moab ; for the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan . * With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee , O vine of Sibmah ; thy branches passed over the sea , they reached even to the sea of Jazer ; upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the spoiler is fallen . * 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 shall tread with shouting ; the shouting shall be no shouting . * From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh , even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice , from Zoar even unto Horonaim , a heifer of three years old ; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate . * Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab , saith the LORD , him that offereth in the high place , and him that offereth to his gods . * Therefore my heart moaneth for Moab like pipes , and my heart moaneth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres ; therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished . * For every head is bald , and every beard clipped ; upon all the hands are cuttings , and upon the loins sackcloth . * On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where ; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure , saith the LORD . * 'How is it broken down !' wail ye ! 'How hath Moab turned the back with shame !' So shall Moab become a derision and a dismay to all that are round about him . * For thus saith the LORD : Behold , he shall swoop as a vulture , and shall spread out his wings against Moab . * The cities are taken , and the strongholds are seized , and the heart of the mighty men of 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 . * Terror , and the pit , and the trap , are upon thee , O inhabitant of Moab , saith the LORD . * He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit ; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the trap ; for I will bring upon her , even upon Moab , the year of their visitation , saith the LORD . * In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand without strength ; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon , and a flame from the midst of Sihon , and it devoureth the corner of Moab , and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones . * Woe unto thee , O Moab ! The people of Chemosh is undone ; for thy sons are taken away captive , and thy daughters into captivity . * Yet will I turn the captivity of Moab in the end of days , saith the LORD . Thus far is the judgment of Moab .

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