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Jeremiah 48:15

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48:15Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded.

Its finest young men will be slaughtered.26

I, the King, the Lord who rules over all,27 affirm it!28

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Heb “will go down to the slaughter.”
  2. 27 Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the translation and meaning of this title see the study note on .
  3. 28 Heb “Oracle of the King whose name is Yahweh of armies.” The first person form has again been adopted because the Lord is the speaker throughout this oracle/ these oracles (cf. v. 1).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,

and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,

declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;

her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,”

declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The destroyer of Moab and its towns

has come up,

and the best of its young men

have gone down to slaughter.

This is the King’s declaration;

the Lord of Armies is his name.

NLTNew Living Translation

But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed.

His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”

says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Moab is destroyed,

and his towns have gone up,

and the choice of his young men have gone down to the slaughtering,”

declares the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.