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A Message about Moab
This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;
it will soon lie in ruins.
The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;
the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.
This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;
it will soon lie in ruins.
The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;
the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.
Listen to the cries from Horonaim,
cries of devastation and great destruction.
cries of devastation and great destruction.
Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,
cries of great havoc and destruction.
cries of great havoc and destruction.
Her refugees weep bitterly,
climbing the slope to Luhith.
They cry out in terror,
descending the slope to Horonaim.
climbing the slope to Luhith.
They cry out in terror,
descending the slope to Horonaim.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill,
you will be taken captive.
Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,
will be hauled off to distant lands!
you will be taken captive.
Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,
will be hauled off to distant lands!
Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
“All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape —
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.
and no one will escape —
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.
The destroyer will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
Cursed are those who refuse to do the LORD’s work,
who hold back their swords from shedding blood!
who hold back their swords from shedding blood!
“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!
“From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace,
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.
“Moab has been at rest from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,
not poured from one jar to another —
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
like wine left on its dregs,
not poured from one jar to another —
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
But the time is coming soon,” says the LORD,
“when I will send men to pour him from his jar.
They will pour him out,
then shatter the jar!
“when I will send men to pour him from his jar.
They will pour him out,
then shatter the jar!
But days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.
“You used to boast, ‘We are heroes,
mighty men of war.’
mighty men of war.’
“How can you say, ‘We are warriors,
men valiant in battle’?
men valiant in battle’?
But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed.
His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”
says the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”
says the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,”
declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,”
declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
“Destruction is coming fast for Moab;
calamity threatens ominously.
calamity threatens ominously.
“The fall of Moab is at hand;
her calamity will come quickly.
her calamity will come quickly.
You friends of Moab,
weep for him and cry!
See how the strong scepter is broken,
how the beautiful staff is shattered!
weep for him and cry!
See how the strong scepter is broken,
how the beautiful staff is shattered!
Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,
how broken the glorious staff!’
all who know her fame;
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,
how broken the glorious staff!’
“Come down from your glory
and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,
for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.
They will tear down all your towers.
and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,
for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.
They will tear down all your towers.
“Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.
and sit on the parched ground,
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.
You people of Aroer,
stand beside the road and watch.
Shout to those who flee from Moab,
‘What has happened there?’
stand beside the road and watch.
Shout to those who flee from Moab,
‘What has happened there?’
Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
you who live in Aroer.
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
“And the reply comes back,
‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced;
weep and wail!
Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River:
Moab has been destroyed!’
‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced;
weep and wail!
Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River:
Moab has been destroyed!’
Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
Wail and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
Judgment has come to the plateau —
to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
on Kerioth and Bozrah —
all the towns of Moab, far and near.
all the towns of Moab, far and near.
to Kerioth and Bozrah —
to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
“The strength of Moab has ended.
His arm has been broken,” says the LORD.
His arm has been broken,” says the LORD.
“Let him stagger and fall like a drunkard,
for he has rebelled against the LORD.
Moab will wallow in his own vomit,
ridiculed by all.
for he has rebelled against the LORD.
Moab will wallow in his own vomit,
ridiculed by all.
“Make her drunk,
for she has defied the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;
let her be an object of ridicule.
for she has defied the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;
let her be an object of ridicule.
Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
Were they caught in the company of thieves
that you should despise them as you do?
Were they caught in the company of thieves
that you should despise them as you do?
Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?
Was she caught among thieves,
that you shake your head in scorn
whenever you speak of her?
Was she caught among thieves,
that you shake your head in scorn
whenever you speak of her?
“You people of Moab,
flee from your towns and live in the caves.
Hide like doves that nest
in the clefts of the rocks.
flee from your towns and live in the caves.
Hide like doves that nest
in the clefts of the rocks.
Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.
We have all heard of the pride of Moab,
for his pride is very great.
We know of his lofty pride,
his arrogance, and his haughty heart.
for his pride is very great.
We know of his lofty pride,
his arrogance, and his haughty heart.
“We have heard of Moab’s pride —
how great is her arrogance! —
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness of her heart.
how great is her arrogance! —
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness of her heart.
I know about his insolence,”
says the LORD,
“but his boasts are empty —
as empty as his deeds.
says the LORD,
“but his boasts are empty —
as empty as his deeds.
I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts accomplish nothing.
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts accomplish nothing.
Therefore I wail over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab.
The presses yield no wine.
No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy.
There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.
The presses yield no wine.
No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy.
There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.
Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.
“The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz,
from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz,
from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
“I will put an end to Moab,” says the LORD, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods.
In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places
and burn incense to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
to those who make offerings on the high places
and burn incense to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared.
“So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.
The wealth they acquired is gone.
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.
The wealth they acquired is gone.
The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap.
Every head is shaved
and every beard cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
and every beard cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.
On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
and in the public squares
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”
“How shattered she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,
an object of horror to all those around her.”
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,
an object of horror to all those around her.”
This is what the LORD says:
“Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,
spreading his wings over Moab.
“Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,
spreading his wings over Moab.
This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading its wings over Moab.
“Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading its wings over Moab.
Its cities will fall,
and its strongholds will be seized.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.
and its strongholds will be seized.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.
Moab will no longer be a nation,
for it has boasted against the LORD.
for it has boasted against the LORD.
Moab will be destroyed as a nation
because she defied the Lord.
because she defied the Lord.
“Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,
O Moab,” says the LORD.
O Moab,” says the LORD.
Terror and pit and snare await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
“Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.
“Whoever flees from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
“The people flee as far as Heshbon
but are unable to go on.
For a fire comes from Heshbon,
King Sihon’s ancient home,
to devour the entire land
with all its rebellious people.
but are unable to go on.
For a fire comes from Heshbon,
King Sihon’s ancient home,
to devour the entire land
with all its rebellious people.
“In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of the noisy boasters.
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of the noisy boasters.
“What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab!
The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed!
Your sons and your daughters
have been taken away as captives.
The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed!
Your sons and your daughters
have been taken away as captives.
Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.