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Jeremiah 48
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Jeremiah 48
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Prophecies against Moab
48 About Moab,(A) this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
Woe to Nebo,(B) because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame;(C) it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
2 There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon:(D)
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen,[a] you will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 A voice cries out from Horonaim,(E)
“devastation and great disaster!”
4 Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
5 For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually,[b]
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:(F)
6 Flee! Save your lives!
Be like a juniper bush[c](G) in the wilderness.
7 Because you trust in your works[d] and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh(H) will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,(I)
as the Lord has said.
9 Make Moab a salt marsh,[e](J)
for she will run away;[f]
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
10 The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully[g] is cursed,(K)
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
11 Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.(L)
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.
12 Therefore look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will send those to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.
13 Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel(M) that they trusted in.
14 How can you say, “We are warriors—
mighty men ready for battle”?
15 The destroyer of Moab and its towns
has come up,[h]
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(N)
16 Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
17 Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter(O) is shattered,
the glorious staff!
18 Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,(P)
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19 Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!(Q)
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:(R)
What happened?
20 Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21 “Judgment has come to the land of the plateau(S)—to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23 Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,(T) 24 Kerioth,(U) Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near. 25 Moab’s horn is chopped off;(V) his arm is shattered.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
26 “Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord.(W) Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 27 Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?(X) Was he ever found among thieves?(Y) For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”
28 Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.(Z)
29 We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
30 I know his outburst.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.
31 Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32 I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.[i]
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33 Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.(AA)
34 “There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz(AB)—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate. 35 In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.(AC) 36 Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab,(AD) and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished. 37 Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;(AE) on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist. 38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.”(AF) This is the Lord’s declaration. 39 “How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”(AG)
40 For this is what the Lord says:
He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.(AH)
41 The towns have[j] been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(AI)
42 Moab will be destroyed as a people
because he has exalted himself against the Lord.(AJ)
43 Panic, pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
44 He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.(AK)
45 Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab’s forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.
46 Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.(AL)
47 Yet, I will restore the fortunes[k] of Moab in the last days.(AM)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:2 A city in Moab
- Jeremiah 48:5 Lit Luhith, weeping goes up with weeping
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer; Is 17:2; Jr 48:19
- Jeremiah 48:7 LXX reads strongholds
- Jeremiah 48:9 LXX reads a sign; Vg reads a flower; Syr, Tg read a crown
- Jeremiah 48:9 Hb obscure
- Jeremiah 48:10 Or negligently
- Jeremiah 48:15 Or Moab is destroyed; he has come up against its city
- Jeremiah 48:32 Some Hb mss read reached as far as Jazer
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or Kerioth has
- Jeremiah 48:47 Or will end the captivity
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Profecía sobre Moab
48 (A)Acerca de Moab.
Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel:
«¡Ay de Nebo(B), porque ha sido destruida!
Quiriataim(C) ha sido avergonzada, ha sido tomada;
La altiva fortaleza[a] ha sido avergonzada y destrozada[b].
2 -»Ya no hay alabanza para Moab,
En Hesbón(D) han tramado mal contra ella:
“Vengan y quitémosla de entre las naciones”.
También tú, Madmena[c], serás silenciada,
La espada te seguirá.
3 -»Voz de clamor desde Horonaim:
“Devastación y gran destrucción(E)”.
4 -»Moab está quebrantada,
Sus pequeños dejan oír gritos de angustia.
5 -»Porque la cuesta de Luhit
La suben con llanto continuo;
Porque a la bajada de Horonaim
Se oyen gritos angustiosos[d] de destrucción(F).
6 -»Huyan, salven sus vidas(G),
Sean como un arbusto[e] en el desierto.
7 -»Por cuanto pusiste tu confianza en tus ganancias y en tus tesoros(H),
También tú serás conquistada(I),
Quemos, tu dios, saldrá al destierro
Junto con sus sacerdotes y sus príncipes.
8 -»Vendrá el destructor de cada ciudad,
Y ninguna ciudad escapará;
También el valle será devastado(J),
Y la meseta será destruida,
Como ha dicho el Señor.
9 -»Den alas[f] a Moab,
Para que se escape[g](K);
Sus ciudades serán una desolación(L),
Sin que nadie habite en ellas.
10 -»Maldito(M) el que hace la obra del Señor con engaño;
Maldito el que retrae su espada(N) de la sangre(O).
11 ¶»Reposada ha estado Moab desde su juventud(P),
Ha estado tranquila sobre su sedimento(Q);
No ha sido vaciada de vasija en vasija(R),
Ni ha ido al destierro;
Por eso retiene su sabor[h],
Y su aroma no ha cambiado.
12 Por tanto, vienen días», declara el Señor, «cuando le enviaré gente que lo trasvasarán; vaciarán sus vasijas y harán pedazos sus cántaros. 13 Y Moab se avergonzará(S) de Quemos(T), como la casa de Israel se avergonzó de Betel[i], su confianza(U).
14 -»¿Cómo pueden decir: “Somos poderosos guerreros,
Y hombres valientes(V) para la guerra”?
15 -»Es destruida Moab, el devastador ha subido a sus ciudades;
La flor de sus jóvenes[j] desciende a la matanza(W)»,
Declara el Rey, cuyo nombre es el Señor de los ejércitos(X).
16 «La ruina de Moab vendrá pronto,
Y su calamidad se ha apresurado(Y).
17 -»Lloren por él, todos los que habitan a su alrededor,
Y todos los que saben su nombre.
Digan: “¡Cómo se ha roto el poderoso cetro[k](Z),
El báculo glorioso!”.
18 -»Desciende de tu gloria,
Siéntate en tierra(AA) reseca[l],
Moradora(AB) hija de Dibón,
Porque el destructor de Moab(AC) ha subido contra ti,
Para destruir tus fortalezas.
19 -»Párate junto al camino y vela,
Moradora de Aroer(AD);
Pregunta al que huye y a la que escapa,
Y di: “¿Qué ha sucedido(AE)?”.
20 -»Avergonzada está Moab porque ha sido destrozada[m].
Den gemidos y clamen;
Anuncien junto al Arnón
Que Moab(AF) ha sido destruida.
21 También ha venido juicio sobre la llanura, sobre Holón, sobre Jahaza(AG) y contra Mefaat(AH), 22 contra Dibón, contra Nebo y contra Bet Deblataim, 23 contra Quiriataim, contra Bet Gamul y contra Bet Meón(AI), 24 contra Queriot, contra Bosra y contra todas las ciudades de la tierra de Moab(AJ), las lejanas y las cercanas. 25 El cuerno[n](AK) de Moab ha sido cortado y quebrado su brazo(AL)», declara el Señor. 26 «Embriáguenlo(AM), porque se ha vuelto arrogante con[o] el Señor. Moab(AN) se revolcará en su vómito, y será también objeto de burla. 27 ¿Acaso no fue Israel objeto de burla para ti(AO)? ¿O fue sorprendido[p] entre ladrones(AP)? Porque cada vez que hablas de él, te burlas[q](AQ).
28 -»Abandonen las ciudades y moren en las peñas,
Moradores de Moab,
Sean como paloma(AR) que anida
Más allá de la boca de la caverna[r](AS).
29 -»Hemos oído del orgullo de Moab (es muy orgulloso),
De su soberbia, de su orgullo, de su arrogancia y de su altivez[s](AT).
30 -»Yo conozco su cólera(AU)», declara el Señor,
«Pero es inútil[t];
Sus vanas jactancias nada[u] consiguen.
31 -»Por tanto, gemiré por Moab,
Sí, por todo Moab clamaré;
Sollozaré[v] por los hombres de Kir Hares(AV).
32 -»Más que el llanto por Jazer
Lloraré por ti, viña de Sibma.
Tus sarmientos pasaron el mar(AW),
Llegaron hasta el mar de Jazer(AX);
Sobre tus frutos de verano y sobre tu vendimia
Ha caído el destructor,
33 Y fueron quitados la alegría y el regocijo
Del campo fértil, de la tierra de Moab.
He hecho que se acabe el vino de los lagares(AY);
Nadie los pisará con gritos(AZ) de regocijo,
Y si hay gritos no serán gritos de júbilo.
34 El clamor de Hesbón llega hasta Eleale y hasta Jahaza; levantaron[w] su voz, desde Zoar hasta Horonaim(BA) y hasta Eglat Selisiya; porque también las aguas de Nimrim(BB) se secarán[x](BC). 35 Y haré desaparecer de Moab», declara el Señor, «al que ofrece sacrificios en lugar alto(BD) y al que quema incienso a sus dioses(BE).
36 »Por tanto, Mi corazón gime[y] por Moab como una flauta[z]; Mi corazón(BF) gime[aa] también como una flauta[ab] por los hombres de Kir Hares, ya que perdieron la abundancia que se había producido(BG). 37 Porque toda cabeza está rapada y toda barba rasurada(BH); en todas las manos hay sajaduras y sobre los lomos cilicio(BI). 38 En todas las terrazas(BJ) de Moab y en sus calles todo es lamentación, porque he quebrado a Moab como a vaso indeseable», declara el Señor(BK). 39 «¡Cómo ha sido destrozada[ac]! ¡Cómo ha gemido! ¡Cómo ha vuelto la espalda Moab avergonzada! Moab será, pues, objeto de burla y de terror(BL) para todos los que lo rodean». 40 Porque así dice el Señor:
«Como águila volará veloz,
Uno que extenderá sus alas(BM) contra Moab.
41 -»Ha sido tomada Queriot
Y las fortalezas han sido ocupadas;
Será el corazón de los valientes de Moab en aquel día
Como el corazón de una mujer de parto(BN).
42 -»Y Moab será destruida, dejará de ser pueblo(BO)
Porque se engrandeció contra el Señor(BP).
43 -»Terror, foso y lazo vienen sobre ti,
Morador(BQ) de Moab», declara el Señor.
44 «El que huya del terror
Caerá en el foso,
Y el que suba del foso
Caerá en el lazo(BR);
Porque Yo traeré sobre él, sobre Moab,
El año de su castigo(BS)», declara el Señor.
45 ¶«A la sombra de Hesbón(BT)
Se paran sin fuerzas los fugitivos;
Pues ha salido fuego de Hesbón,
Y una llama de en medio de Sehón(BU),
Que ha consumido las sienes de Moab(BV)
Y los cráneos de los hijos del tumulto.
46 -»¡Ay de ti, Moab!
Ha perecido el pueblo de Quemos(BW);
Porque tus hijos han sido tomados en cautiverio,
Y tus hijas en cautividad(BX).
47 -»Pero restauraré el bienestar[ad](BY) de Moab
En los postreros días», declara el Señor.
Hasta aquí, el juicio de Moab.
Footnotes
- 48:1 O Misgab.
- 48:1 O y anonadada.
- 48:2 I.e. una ciudad de Moab.
- 48:5 Lit. las angustias del clamor.
- 48:6 O Aroer; la versión gr. (sept.) dice: asno montés.
- 48:9 O sal.
- 48:9 O porque ella caerá en ruinas.
- 48:11 Lit. su sabor ha quedado en él.
- 48:13 O Casa de Dios.
- 48:15 I.e. guerreros.
- 48:17 O la poderosa vara.
- 48:18 Lit. siéntate sedienta.
- 48:20 O anonadada.
- 48:25 O poder.
- 48:26 O se ha engrandecido contra.
- 48:27 O encontrado.
- 48:27 Lit. meneas la cabeza.
- 48:28 Lit. del foso.
- 48:29 Lit. la altivez de su corazón.
- 48:30 Lit. pero no es así.
- 48:30 Lit. así no.
- 48:31 Así en un ms.; en el texto heb. sollozará.
- 48:34 Lit. dieron.
- 48:34 Lit. serán una desolación.
- 48:36 Lit. suena.
- 48:36 Lit. flautas.
- 48:36 Lit. suena.
- 48:36 Lit. flautas.
- 48:39 O anonadada.
- 48:47 O haré volver a los cautivos.
Jeremiah 48
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Jeremiah 48
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A Message About Moab(A)
48 Concerning Moab:(B)
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,(C) for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim(D) will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold[a] will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised(E) no more;
in Heshbon[b](F) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(G)
You, the people of Madmen,[c] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(H)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[d]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,(I)
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(J)
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!(K) Run for your lives;
become like a bush[e] in the desert.(L)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(M)
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(N) will go into exile,(O)
together with his priests and officials.(P)
8 The destroyer(Q) will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau(R) destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9 Put salt(S) on Moab,
for she will be laid waste[f];(T)
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them.
10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(U) from bloodshed!(V)
11 “Moab has been at rest(W) from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,(X)
not poured from one jar to another—
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
12 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.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed(Y) of Chemosh,(Z)
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.(AA)
14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,(AB)
men valiant in battle’?
15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men(AC) will go down in the slaughter,(AD)”
declares the King,(AE) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(AF)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;(AG)
her calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;(AH)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(AI)
how broken the glorious staff!’
18 “Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,(AJ)
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(AK)
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.(AL)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.(AM)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail(AN) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(AO)
that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(AP)—
to Holon,(AQ) Jahzah(AR) and Mephaath,(AS)
22 to Dibon,(AT) Nebo(AU) and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim,(AV) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(AW)
24 to Kerioth(AX) and Bozrah(AY)—
to all the towns(AZ) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[g](BA) is cut off;
her arm(BB) is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26 “Make her drunk,(BC)
for she has defied(BD) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(BE)
let her be an object of ridicule.(BF)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(BG)
Was she caught among thieves,(BH)
that you shake your head(BI) in scorn(BJ)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(BK) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(BL)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(BM)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(BN) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(BO) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(BP) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(BQ)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(BR) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(BS)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[h];
they reached as far as[i] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(BT) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(BU)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34 “The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon(BV) to Elealeh(BW) and Jahaz,(BX)
from Zoar(BY) as far as Horonaim(BZ) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.(CA)
35 In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places(CB)
and burn incense(CC) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(CD) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CE)
The wealth they acquired(CF) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(CG)
and every beard(CH) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(CI)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares(CJ)
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar(CK) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(CL) she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(CM)
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping(CN) down,
spreading its wings(CO) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[j](CP) will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(CQ)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(CR)
42 Moab will be destroyed(CS) as a nation(CT)
because she defied(CU) the Lord.
43 Terror(CV) and pit and snare(CW) await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(CX) 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(CY) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;(CZ)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls(DA) of the noisy boasters.
46 Woe to you, Moab!(DB)
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore(DC) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
- Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
- Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
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