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Judgment on Moab
Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, 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;
Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, 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;
the renown of Moab is no more.
In Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’
You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
In Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’
You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim:
‘Plundering and great destruction!’
‘Plundering and great destruction!’
“A voice! A cry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
her little ones have made a cry.
For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like a juniper in the desert!
You will be like a juniper in the desert!
For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures,
You also shall be taken.
And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
His priests and his princes together.
You also shall be taken.
And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
His priests and his princes together.
For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and Chemosh shall go into exile
with his priests and his officials.
you also shall be taken;
and Chemosh shall go into exile
with his priests and his officials.
And the plunderer shall come against every city;
No one shall escape.
The valley also shall perish,
And the plain shall be destroyed,
As the Lord has spoken.
No one shall escape.
The valley also shall perish,
And the plain shall be destroyed,
As the Lord has spoken.
The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
“Give wings to Moab,
That she may flee and get away;
For her cities shall be desolate,
Without any to dwell in them.
That she may flee and get away;
For her cities shall be desolate,
Without any to dwell in them.
“Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully,
And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
and has settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,
As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
“How can you say, ‘We are mighty
And strong men for the war’?
And strong men for the war’?
“How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
and mighty men of war’?
Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
“The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
And his affliction comes quickly.
And his affliction comes quickly.
The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
Bemoan him, all you who are around him;
And all you who know his name,
Say, ‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
And all you who know his name,
Say, ‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
and all who know his name;
say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
“O daughter inhabiting Dibon,
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.
“Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
O inhabitant of Aroer,
Stand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’
Stand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’
Stand by the way and watch,
O inhabitant of Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
O inhabitant of Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
Wail and cry!
Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
Wail and cry!
Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.
wail and cry!
Tell it beside the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.
“And judgment has come on the plain country:
On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
“Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,
On Kerioth and Bozrah,
On all the cities of the land of Moab,
Far or near.
On all the cities of the land of Moab,
Far or near.
and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, declares the Lord.
“Make him drunk,
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.
“Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
For was not Israel a derision to you?
Was he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake your head in scorn.
Was he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake your head in scorn.
Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?
You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
And be like the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.
Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
And be like the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.
“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
“We have heard the pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
We have heard of the pride of Moab —
he is very proud —
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
he is very proud —
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
More than for Jazer I weep for you,
O vine of Sibmah!
Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
O vine of Sibmah!
Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god.
Therefore My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,
And like flutes My heart shall wail
For the men of Kir Heres.
Therefore the riches they have acquired have perished.
And like flutes My heart shall wail
For the men of Kir Heres.
Therefore the riches they have acquired have perished.
Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped;
On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth —
On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth —
“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
A general lamentation
On all the housetops of Moab,
And in its streets;
For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
On all the housetops of Moab,
And in its streets;
For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord.
“They shall wail:
‘How she is broken down!
How Moab has turned her back with shame!’
So Moab shall be a derision
And a dismay to all those about her.”
‘How she is broken down!
How Moab has turned her back with shame!’
So Moab shall be a derision
And a dismay to all those about her.”
How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, one shall fly like an eagle,
And spread his wings over Moab.
“Behold, one shall fly like an eagle,
And spread his wings over Moab.
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab;
“Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab;
Kerioth is taken,
And the strongholds are surprised;
The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
And the strongholds are surprised;
The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;
and the strongholds seized.
The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of a woman in her birth pains;
And Moab shall be destroyed as a people,
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people,
because he magnified himself against the Lord.
because he magnified himself against the Lord.
Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
“He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.
For upon Moab, upon it I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare.
For upon Moab, upon it I will bring
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
“Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon
Because of exhaustion.
But a fire shall come out of Heshbon,
A flame from the midst of Sihon,
And shall devour the brow of Moab,
The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
Because of exhaustion.
But a fire shall come out of Heshbon,
A flame from the midst of Sihon,
And shall devour the brow of Moab,
The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
“In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,
the crown of the sons of tumult.
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead of Moab,
the crown of the sons of tumult.
Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh perish;
For your sons have been taken captive,
And your daughters captive.
The people of Chemosh perish;
For your sons have been taken captive,
And your daughters captive.
Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
The people of Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.