Chapter 48.
Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.
Woe unto Nebo, for it is spoiled.
Kyriathaeum is confounded and taken.
Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
There shall be no more praise of Moab.
In Eshbon they have devised evil against it.
Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.
Also thou shalt be cut down, O madman.
The sword shall pursue thee.
A voice of crying shall be from Horeneum, spoiling and great destruction.
Moab is destroyed.
Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
For in the going up of Luhith, continual weeping shall go up.
For in the going down of Horeneum, the enemies have heard a cry of
destruction.
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be
taken.
And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape.
The valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath
spoken.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away.
For the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that
keepeth back his sword from blood.
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lease,
and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into
captivity.
Therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him
wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels and break
their bottles.
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of
Bethel their confidence.
How say ye, we are mighty and strong men for the war.
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities.
And his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the king,
whose name is the Lord of hosts.
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
All ye that are about him, bemoan him.
And all ye that know his name, say, how is the strong staff broken,
and the beautiful rod?
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in
thirst.
For the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy
strongholds.
O inhabitants of Eroah, stand by the way, and espy.
Ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, what is done?
Moab is confounded, for it is broken down.
Howl and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.
And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jehaza,
and upon Mephaoth, and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth Diblethaim,
and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth Gamel, and upon Bethmeon, and upon Kerioth,
and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
Make ye him drunken, for he magnified himself against the Lord.
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee?
Was he found among thieves?
For since thou spakest of him, thou skippest for joy.
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the
dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
We have heard the pride of Moab.
He is exceeding proud, his loftiness and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the
haughtiness of his heart.
I know his wrath, saith the Lord, but it shall not be so.
His lies shall not so affect it.
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab.
Mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kihiris.
O vine of Sibma, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer.
The plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer.
The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of
Moab.
And I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses.
None shall tread with shouting, the shouting shall be no shouting.
From the cry of Heshbon, even unto Eliela, and even unto Jehaz, have they uttered
their voice.
From Zohar, even unto Uhuranaim, as an heifer of three years old.
For the waters also of Nimrin shall be desolate.
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the
high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound
like pipes for the men of Kihiris.
Because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped.
Upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the
streets thereof.
For I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down?
How hath Moab turned the back with shame?
So shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
For thus saith the Lord.
Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in
Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself
against the Lord.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab,
saith the Lord.
He that fleeth from the sphere shall fall into the pit, and he that getteth up out
of the pit shall be taken in the snare.
For I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the
Lord.
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force.
But a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of
Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the
tumultuous ones.
Woe be unto thee, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh perisheth.
For thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord.
Thus far is the judgment of Moab.