Jeremiah 48 (NET)

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Jeremiah 48:1¹The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, spoke about Moab: “Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed. Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 48:22-23 Num 32:3 Num 32:37-38 Amos 2:1-2 Ezek 25:8-11 Isa 15:1-9 Jer 25:21 2 Chr 20:10 Gen 19:37 Isa 25:10

Jeremiah 48:2²People will not praise Moab anymore. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, ‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 16:14 Jer 31:36 Num 32:37 Esth 3:8-14 Isa 15:1 Isa 15:5 Isa 16:8-9 Isa 25:10 Jer 25:15 Jer 25:17

Jeremiah 48:3³Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, ‘Oh, the ruin and great destruction!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 15:5 Jer 48:34 Jer 48:5 Isa 15:2 Isa 15:8 Isa 16:7-11 Isa 22:4 Jer 4:20-21 Jer 47:2

Jeremiah 48:4⁴“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Esth 8:11 Num 21:27-30 Ps 137:9

Jeremiah 48:5⁵Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 15:5

Jeremiah 48:6⁶They will hear, ‘Run! Save yourselves; even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the wilderness!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 17:6 Jer 51:6 Job 30:3-7 Gen 19:17 Heb 6:18 Luke 17:31-33 Luke 3:7 Matt 24:16-18 Prov 6:4-5 Ps 11:1

Jeremiah 48:7⁷“Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 21:29 Jer 49:3 Jer 9:23 Ps 52:7 1 Kgs 11:33 1 Tim 6:17 Hos 10:13 Isa 46:1-2 Jer 48:13 Jer 48:46

Jeremiah 48:8⁸The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the Lord, have spoken.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 6:26 Ezek 25:9 Jer 15:8 Jer 25:9 Jer 48:18 Jer 48:20-25 Jer 51:56 Josh 13:17 Josh 13:21 Josh 13:9

Jeremiah 48:9⁹Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 16:2 Jer 48:28 Ps 11:1 Jer 46:19 Ps 55:6 Rev 12:14 Zeph 2:9

Jeremiah 48:10¹⁰A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord ’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:3 1 Kgs 20:42 1 Sam 15:9 Judg 5:23 2 Kgs 13:19 Num 31:14-18 Jer 50:25 1 Sam 15:13-35 Jer 47:6

Jeremiah 48:11¹¹“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine that tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zeph 1:12 Jer 48:29 Zech 1:15 Ezek 16:49-50 Nah 2:2 Isa 16:6 Isa 24:3 Ps 123:4 Ps 55:19 Ps 73:4-8

Jeremiah 48:12¹²But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Nah 2:2 Ezek 25:9-10 Isa 30:14 Jer 48:38 Isa 16:2 Jer 14:3 Jer 19:10 Jer 25:34 Jer 25:9 Jer 48:11

Jeremiah 48:13¹³The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 45:16 Hos 8:5-6 Jer 48:39 Judg 11:24 1 Kgs 11:7 1 Kgs 12:28-29 1 Kgs 18:26-29 1 Kgs 18:40 1 Sam 5:3-7 Amos 5:5-6

Jeremiah 48:14¹⁴How can you men of Moab say, ‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 33:16 Isa 10:13 Isa 10:16 Eccl 9:11 Ezek 30:6 Isa 16:6 Isa 36:4-5 Jer 49:16 Jer 8:8 Jer 9:23

Jeremiah 48:15¹⁵Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 46:18 Jer 50:27 Jer 51:57 Isa 40:30-31 Mal 1:14 Dan 4:37 Isa 34:2-8 Jas 5:4 Jer 48:4 Jer 48:8-25

Jeremiah 48:16¹⁶Moab’s destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:22 2 Pet 2:3 Deut 32:35 Ezek 12:23 Ezek 12:28 Isa 16:13-14 Jer 1:12

Jeremiah 48:17¹⁷Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away with!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 9:4 Ezek 19:11-14 Isa 10:5 Isa 14:4-5 Isa 16:8 Jer 48:31-33 Jer 48:39 Jer 9:17-20 Rev 18:14-20 Zech 11:10-14

Jeremiah 48:18¹⁸Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 47:1 Num 21:30 Isa 15:2 Jer 48:22 Josh 13:17 Exod 17:3 Ezek 19:13 Gen 21:16 Isa 5:13 Jer 46:18-19

Jeremiah 48:19¹⁹You who live in Aroer, stand by the road and watch. Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping. Ask them, ‘What has happened?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 2:36 1 Sam 4:16 1 Sam 4:13-14 1 Chr 5:8 2 Sam 1:3-4 2 Sam 18:24-32 2 Sam 24:5 Num 32:34

Jeremiah 48:20²⁰They will answer, ‘Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 16:2 Deut 2:36 Isa 15:1-5 Isa 15:8 Isa 16:7-11 Jer 48:1-5 Josh 13:9 Judg 11:18 Num 21:13-14 Num 21:26-28

Jeremiah 48:21²¹“Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:18 Isa 15:4 Jer 48:8 Num 21:23 Ezek 25:9 Josh 21:36-37 Zeph 2:9

Jeremiah 48:22²²on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 48:18 Num 33:46 Ezek 6:14 Jer 48:1 Num 32:34

Jeremiah 48:23²³on Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:17 Jer 48:1 Gen 14:5 Josh 13:19 Num 32:38

Jeremiah 48:24²⁴on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Amos 2:2 Jer 48:41 Deut 4:43 Josh 21:36 Zeph 2:8-10

Jeremiah 48:25²⁵Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 75:10 Ps 10:15 Job 22:9 Zech 1:19-21 Dan 7:8 Dan 8:21 Dan 8:7-9 Ezek 30:21-25 Lam 2:3 Num 32:37

Jeremiah 48:26²⁶“Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 19:14 Isa 29:9 Jer 48:42 Jer 51:39 Dan 5:23 Exod 5:2 Jer 48:39 Jer 51:7 Lam 4:21 2 Thess 2:4

Jeremiah 48:27²⁷For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:26 Mic 7:8-10 Ezek 25:8 Lam 2:15-17 Zeph 2:8 Ezek 26:2-3 Ezek 35:15 Ezek 36:2 Ezek 36:4 Jer 18:16

Jeremiah 48:28²⁸Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 6:2 Ps 55:6-7 Song 2:14 Isa 2:19 Jer 48:9 Jer 49:16 1 Sam 13:6 Obad 1:3-4

Jeremiah 48:29²⁹I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 16:6 Isa 2:11-12 Ps 138:6 Dan 4:37 Jas 4:6 Job 40:10-12 Luke 14:11 Prov 18:12 Prov 30:13 Prov 8:13

Jeremiah 48:30³⁰I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill founded. Their boastings will prove to be false.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 50:36 Isa 16:6 Isa 37:28-29 Job 9:12-13 Prov 21:30 Ps 33:10

Jeremiah 48:31³¹So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:25 Isa 15:5 Jer 48:36 Isa 16:7-11

Jeremiah 48:32³²I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 16:8-9 Num 21:32 Josh 13:19 Jer 40:10 Jer 48:15 Jer 48:18 Jer 48:8 Josh 21:39 Num 32:1 Num 32:35

Jeremiah 48:33³³Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hag 2:16 Isa 5:10 Isa 16:9-10 Isa 24:7-12 Isa 32:9-14 Isa 7:23 Isa 9:3 Jer 25:9-10 Joel 1:12-13 Joel 1:16

Jeremiah 48:34³⁴Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 15:4-6 Num 32:3 Deut 34:3 Gen 13:10 Jer 48:2-3 Jer 48:5 Num 32:36-37

Jeremiah 48:35³⁵I will put an end in Moab to those who make offerings at her places of worship. I will put an end to those who sacrifice to other gods. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 15:2 Isa 16:12 Jer 11:13 Jer 48:7 Num 22:40-41 Num 28:14 Num 28:28-30

Jeremiah 48:36³⁶So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 15:7 Isa 16:11 Isa 15:5 Eccl 5:13-14 Isa 63:15 Jas 5:2-3 Jer 17:11 Jer 4:19 Luke 12:20-21 Prov 11:4

Jeremiah 48:37³⁷For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:34 Isa 15:2-3 Jer 41:5 Jer 47:5 Isa 20:2 Jer 16:6 1 Kgs 18:28 1 Kgs 21:27 2 Kgs 6:30 Amos 8:10

Jeremiah 48:38³⁸On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 22:28 Isa 22:1 Jer 25:34 2 Tim 2:20-21 Hos 8:8 Isa 15:3 Isa 30:14 Ps 2:9 Rev 2:27 Rom 9:21-22

Jeremiah 48:39³⁹Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 26:16-18 Isa 20:4-6 Jer 48:17 Jer 48:26-27 Lam 1:1 Lam 2:1 Lam 4:1 Rev 18:15-16 Rev 18:9-10

Jeremiah 48:40⁴⁰For the Lord says, “Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 8:8 Deut 28:49 Jer 49:22 Ezek 17:3 Hos 8:1 Dan 7:4 Hab 1:8 Jer 4:13 Lam 4:19

Jeremiah 48:41⁴¹Her towns will be captured; her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:8 Isa 21:3 Jer 30:6 Jer 49:22 Jer 6:24 Mic 4:9-10 1 Thess 5:3 Isa 26:17-18 Jer 4:31 Jer 49:24

Jeremiah 48:42⁴²Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 48:2 Isa 37:23 Isa 7:8 2 Thess 2:4 Dan 11:36 Esth 3:8-13 Jer 30:11 Jer 48:26-30 Matt 7:2 Prov 16:18

Jeremiah 48:43⁴³Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 24:17-18 Lam 3:47 Deut 32:23-25 Ps 11:6

Jeremiah 48:44⁴⁴Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:17 Jer 11:23 Amos 5:19 Jer 46:21 1 Kgs 20:30 Amos 2:14-15 Amos 9:1-4 Hos 9:7 Isa 10:3 Isa 24:18

Jeremiah 48:45⁴⁵In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 24:17 Num 21:28 Amos 2:2 Matt 21:42 Num 21:21 Num 21:26 Zech 10:4

Jeremiah 48:46⁴⁶Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 21:29 1 Kgs 11:7 Jer 48:13 Jer 48:7 Judg 11:24 2 Kgs 23:13

Jeremiah 48:47⁴⁷Yet in future days I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune,” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 49:39 Jer 49:6 Dan 10:14 Dan 2:28 Deut 31:29 Deut 4:30 Ezek 16:53-55 Hos 3:5 Isa 18:7 Isa 19:18-23