Jeremiah 47–51

47^*The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^aagainst the Philistines, ^bbefore that Pharaoh smote ^†Gaza.

²Thus saith the Lord;

Behold, ^cwaters rise up ^dout of the north,

And shall be an overflowing flood,

And shall overflow the land, and ^†all that is therein;

The city, and them that dwell therein:

Then the men shall cry,

And all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of ^ehis strong horses,

At ^fthe rushing of his chariots,

And at the rumbling of his wheels,

The fathers shall not ^glook back to their children

For feebleness of hands;

⁴Because of the day that cometh to spoil all ^hthe Philistines,

And to cut off from ^hiTyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth:

For the Lord will spoil the Philistines,

^kThe remnant of ^†the country of ^lCaphtor.

^5mBaldness is come upon Gaza;

ⁿAshkelon ^ois cut off with the remnant of their valley:

How long wilt thou ^pcut thyself?

⁶O ^qthou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?

^†Put up thyself into ^qthy scabbard, ^rrest, and ^sbe still.

^7†How can it be quiet, seeing ^tthe Lord hath given it a charge

Against ⁿAshkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he ^uappointed it.

48^*aAgainst Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel;

Woe unto ^bNebo! for it is spoiled:

^cKiriathaim is confounded and taken:

^||Misgab is confounded and ^ccdismayed.

²There shall be no more praise of Moab:

In ^dHeshbon they have devised evil against it;

Come, and let us cut it off ^efrom being a nation.

Also thou shalt ^||be cut down, O ^fMadmen;

The sword shall ^†pursue thee.

^3gA voice of crying shall be from ^hHoronaim,

Spoiling and great destruction.

⁴Moab is destroyed;

Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

⁵For ⁱin the going up of Luhith

^†Continual weeping shall go up;

For ⁱin the going down of ^hHoronaim

The enemies have heard ^ga cry of destruction.

^6jFlee, save your lives,

And be like ^||the heath in the wilderness.

⁷For ^kbecause thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,

Thou shalt also be taken:

And ^lChemosh shall go forth into captivity

With ^mhis priests and his princes together.

⁸And ⁿthe spoiler shall come upon every city,

And no city shall escape:

The valley also shall perish,

And ^othe plain ⁿshall be destroyed,

As the Lord hath spoken.

^9pGive wings unto Moab,

That it may flee and get away:

For the cities thereof ^qshall be desolate,

^rWithout any to dwell therein.

^10sCursed be he that doeth ^tthe work of the Lord ^||udeceitfully,

And cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

¹¹Moab ^vhath been at ease from his youth,

And he hath settled ^won his lees,

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.

¹²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,

That I will send unto him ^xwanderers, that shall ^xcause him to wander,

And shall empty his vessels, and ^ybreak their ^zbottles.

¹³And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,

As ^athe house of Israel was ashamed of ^bBeth-el their confidence.

¹⁴How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

^15cMoab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities,

And ^†his chosen young men ^dare gone down to the slaughter,

^eSaith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near to come,

And his affliction hasteth fast.

¹⁷All ye that are about him, bemoan him;

And all ye that know his name,

^fSay, How is ^gthe strong staff broken,

And the beautiful ^hrod!

¹⁸ⁱThou daughter that dost inhabit ^kDibon,

Come down from thy glory, and ⁱsit ^lin thirst;

For ^cthe spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee,

And he shall destroy thy strong holds.

¹⁹O ^†inhabitant of ^mAroer,

Stand by the way, and ⁿespy;

Ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth,

And say, What is done?

²⁰Moab is confounded; for ^ccit is broken down:

^oHowl and cry;

Tell ye it in ^pArnon, that ^cMoab is spoiled,

²¹And judgment is come upon ^qthe plain country;

Upon Holon, and upon ^rsJahazah, and upon ^sMephaath,

²²And upon ^kDibon, and upon ^tNebo, and upon ^uBeth-diblathaim,

²³And upon ^tKiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon ^vwBeth-meon,

²⁴And upon ^xKerioth, and upon ^yBozrah,

And upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

^25zThe horn of Moab is cut off,

And ^ahis arm is broken, saith the Lord.

^26bMake ye him drunken: ^bbfor he magnified himself against the Lord:

Moab also shall wallow ^bin his vomit,

And he also shall be ^cin derision.

²⁷For ^ccwas not Israel a derision unto thee?

^dWas he found among thieves?

For since thou spakest of him, thou ^||skippedst for joy.

²⁸O ye that dwell in Moab, ^eleave the cities, and ^fdwell in ^gthe rock,

And be ^flike ^ethe dove that ^ghmaketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

²⁹ⁱWe have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud)

His loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

³⁰I know ⁱhis wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so;

^||ikHis lies shall not so effect it.

³¹Therefore ^lwill I howl for Moab,

And I will cry out ^lfor all Moab;

^mMine heart ⁿshall mourn for the men of ^oKir-heres.

^32pO vine of ^qSibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of ^rJazer:

^sThy plants are gone over the sea,

^tThey reach even to the sea of Jazer:

The spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

^33tAnd ^ujoy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab;

And ^tI have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:

^tNone shall tread with shouting;

^uTheir shouting shall be no shouting.

^34vFrom the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,

And even unto ^vJahaz, have they uttered their voice,

From ^wZoar even unto Horonaim,

As ^xan heifer of three years old:

For ^ythe waters also of Nimrim shall be ^†desolate.

³⁵Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in ^zthe high places,

And him that burneth incense to his gods.

³⁶Therefore ^mmine heart ⁿshall sound for Moab like pipes,

And ^mmine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres:

Because ^athe riches that he hath gotten are perished.

³⁷For ^bevery head shall be ^cbald,

And ^bevery beard ^†clipped:

Upon all the hands shall be ^ccuttings,

And ^bupon the loins ^dsackcloth.

³⁸There shall be lamentation generally ^bupon all the housetops of Moab, ^band in the streets thereof:

For I have broken Moab like ^ea vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

³⁹They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down!

How hath Moab ^fturned the ^†back with shame!

So shall Moab be ^ga derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

⁴⁰For thus saith the Lord;

Behold, ^hhe ⁱshall fly as an eagle,

ⁱAnd ^kshall spread his wings over Moab.

^41||lKerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised,

And ^mthe mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be

As the heart of ⁿa woman in her pangs.

⁴²And Moab shall be destroyed ^ofrom being a people,

^pBecause he hath magnified himself against the Lord.

^43qrFear, and ^rthe pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee,

O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

^44qsHe that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit;

^qAnd he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare:

^tFor I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, ^tthe year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

⁴⁵They that fled stood under ^uthe shadow of ^vHeshbon because of the force:

But ^wa fire shall come forth out of Heshbon,

And ^wa flame from the midst of ^xSihon,

And shall devour ^ythe corner of Moab,

And the crown of the head of the ^†tumultuous ones.

^46aWoe be unto thee, O Moab!

The people of Chemosh perisheth:

For thy sons are taken ^†captives,

And thy daughters captives.

^47bYet ^cdwill I bring again the captivity of Moab

^ceIn the latter days, saith the Lord.

^fThus far is the judgment of Moab.

49^||aConcerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord;

Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir?

Why then doth ^||their king inherit ^bGad,

And his people dwell in his cities?

²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,

That I will cause ^can alarm of war to be heard in ^dRabbah of the Ammonites;

And it shall be a desolate ^eheap,

And ^fher daughters shall be burned with fire:

Then shall ^gIsrael be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.

³Howl, O ^ggHeshbon, for ^hAi is spoiled:

Cry, ye daughters of ^dRabbah, ⁱgird you with sackcloth;

Lament, and ^jrun to and fro by the hedges;

For ^||their king shall go into captivity,

And ^khis priests and his princes together.

⁴Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys,

^||Thy flowing valley, ^lO backsliding daughter?

^mThat trusted in her treasures, ⁿsaying, ^oWho shall come unto me?

⁵Behold, ^pI will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts,

From all those that be about thee;

And ye shall be driven out every man right forth;

And ^qnone shall gather up him that wandereth.

⁶And ^rafterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.

^7sConcerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts;

^tIs wisdom no more in ^uTeman?

^vIs counsel perished from the prudent?

Is their wisdom vanished?

^8wFlee ye, ^||turn back,

^wDwell deep, O inhabitants of ^xDedan;

For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,

^yThe time that I will visit him.

^9zIf grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some ^agleaning grapes?

^zIf thieves by night, they will destroy ^†till they have enough.

¹⁰But ^bI have made Esau bare,

I have uncovered his secret places,

And he shall not be able to hide himself:

His seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and ^che is not.

¹¹Leave thy fatherless children, I ^dwill preserve them alive;

And let thy widows trust in me.

¹²For thus saith the Lord;

Behold, they whose judgment was ^enot to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken;

And ^fart thou he that shall altogether go unpunished?

Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

¹³For ^gI have sworn by myself, saith the Lord,

That ^hBozrah shall become ⁱa desolation,

^kA reproach, a waste, and ^la curse;

And all the cities thereof shall be ^mperpetual wastes.

¹⁴ⁿI have ^oheard a rumour from the Lord,

And an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, ^oosaying,

Gather ye together,

And come against her, and rise up to the battle.

¹⁵For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen,

And despised among men.

¹⁶Thy terribleness hath…