Jeremiah 47:1-48:10

English Standard Version

² “Thus says the Lord:
^(C)Behold, waters are rising ^(D)out of the north,
    ^(E)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow ^(F)the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
    and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
³ At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    ^(G)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers ^(H)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,
⁴ because of the day that is coming to destroy
    all ^(I)the Philistines,
to cut off from ^(J)Tyre and Sidon
    every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
    ^(K)the remnant of the coastland of ^(L)Caphtor.
^5 (M)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(N)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(O)how long will you gash yourselves?
^6 (P)Ah, sword of the Lord!
    How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
    rest and be still!
⁷ How can it^[a] be quiet
    ^(Q)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against ^(R)Ashkelon and against the seashore
    ^(S)he has appointed it.”

“Woe to ^(U)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
    ^(V)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^(W)and broken down;
²     the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^(X)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
    ‘Come, let us cut her off ^(Y)from being a nation!’
You also, O ^(Z)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
    the sword shall pursue you.

³ “A voice! A cry from ^(AA)Horonaim,
    ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
⁴ Moab is destroyed;
    her little ones have made a cry.
^5 (AB)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;^[b]
for ^(AC)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry^[c] of destruction.
⁶ Flee! Save yourselves!
    You will be like ^(AD)a juniper in the desert!
⁷ For, ^(AE)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and ^(AF)Chemosh ^(AG)shall go into exile
    with ^(AH)his priests and his officials.
^8 (AI)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
    and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and ^(AJ)the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.

⁹ “Give wings to Moab,
    for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
    with no inhabitant in them.