48:1 Concerning
Moab.
Thus
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
"Woe
to
Nebo,
for
it
is
laid
waste!
Kiriathaim
is
put
to
shame,
it
is
taken;
the
fortress
is
put
to
shame
and
broken
down;
48:2 the
renown
of
Moab
is
no
more.
In
Heshbon
they
planned
disaster
against
her:
'Come,
let
us
cut
her
off
from
being
a
nation!'
You
also,
O
Madmen,
shall
be
brought
to
silence;
the
sword
shall
pursue
you.
48:3 "A
voice!
A
cry
from
Horonaim,
'Desolation
and
great
destruction!'
48:4 Moab
is
destroyed;
her
little
ones
have
made
a
cry.
48:5 For
at
the
ascent
of
Luhith
they
go
up
weeping;
for
at
the
descent
of
Horonaim
they
have
heard
the
distressed
cry
of
destruction.
48:6 Flee!
Save
yourselves!
You
will
be
like
a
juniper
in
the
desert!
48:7 For,
because
you
trusted
in
your
works
and
your
treasures,
you
also
shall
be
taken;
and
Chemosh
shall
go
into
exile
with
his
priests
and
his
officials.
48:8 The
destroyer
shall
come
upon
every
city,
and
no
city
shall
escape;
the
valley
shall
perish,
and
the
plain
shall
be
destroyed,
as
the
LORD
has
spoken.
48:9 "Give
wings
to
Moab,
for
she
would
fly
away;
her
cities
shall
become
a
desolation,
with
no
inhabitant
in
them.
48:10 "Cursed
is
he
who
does
the
work
of
the
LORD
with
slackness,
and
cursed
is
he
who
keeps
back
his
sword
from
bloodshed.
48:11 "Moab
has
been
at
ease
from
his
youth
and
has
settled
on
his
dregs;
he
has
not
been
emptied
from
vessel
to
vessel,
nor
has
he
gone
into
exile;
so
his
taste
remains
in
him,
and
his
scent
is
not
changed.
48:12 "Therefore,
behold,
the
days
are
coming,
declares
the
LORD,
when
I
shall
send
to
him
pourers
who
will
pour
him,
and
empty
his
vessels
and
break
his
jars
in
pieces.
48:13 Then
Moab
shall
be
ashamed
of
Chemosh,
as
the
house
of
Israel
was
ashamed
of
Bethel,
their
confidence.
48:14 "How
do
you
say,
'We
are
heroes
and
mighty
men
of
war'
48:15 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.
48:16 The
calamity
of
Moab
is
near
at
hand,
and
his
affliction
hastens
swiftly.
48:17 Grieve
for
him,
all
you
who
are
around
him,
and
all
who
know
his
name;
say,
'How
the
mighty
scepter
is
broken,
the
glorious
staff.'
48:18 "Come
down
from
your
glory,
and
sit
on
the
parched
ground,
O
inhabitant
of
Dibon!
For
the
destroyer
of
Moab
has
come
up
against
you;
he
has
destroyed
your
strongholds.
48:19 Stand
by
the
way
and
watch,
O
inhabitant
of
Aroer!
Ask
him
who
flees
and
her
who
escapes;
say,
'What
has
happened'
48:20 Moab
is
put
to
shame,
for
it
is
broken;
wail
and
cry!
Tell
it
beside
the
Arnon,
that
Moab
is
laid
waste.
48:21 "Judgment
has
come
upon
the
tableland,
upon
Holon,
and
Jahzah,
and
Mephaath,
48:22 and
Dibon,
and
Nebo,
and
Beth-diblathaim,
48:23 and
Kiriathaim,
and
Beth-gamul,
and
Beth-meon,
48:24 and
Kerioth,
and
Bozrah,
and
all
the
cities
of
the
land
of
Moab,
far
and
near.
48:25 The
horn
of
Moab
is
cut
off,
and
his
arm
is
broken,
declares
the
LORD.
48:26 "Make
him
drunk,
because
he
magnified
himself
against
the
LORD,
so
that
Moab
shall
wallow
in
his
vomit,
and
he
too
shall
be
held
in
derision.
48:27 Was
not
Israel
a
derision
to
you
Was
he
found
among
thieves,
that
whenever
you
spoke
of
him
you
wagged
your
head
48:28 "Leave
the
cities,
and
dwell
in
the
rock,
O
inhabitants
of
Moab!
Be
like
the
dove
that
nests
in
the
sides
of
the
mouth
of
a
gorge.
48:29 We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab--
he
is
very
proud--
of
his
loftiness,
his
pride,
and
his
arrogance,
and
the
haughtiness
of
his
heart.
48:30 I
know
his
insolence,
declares
the
LORD;
his
boasts
are
false,
his
deeds
are
false.
48:31 Therefore
I
wail
for
Moab;
I
cry
out
for
all
Moab;
for
the
men
of
Kir-hareseth
I
mourn.
48:32 More
than
for
Jazer
I
weep
for
you,
O
vine
of
Sibmah!
Your
branches
passed
over
the
sea,
reached
to
the
Sea
of
Jazer;
on
your
summer
fruits
and
your
grapes
the
destroyer
has
fallen.
48:33 Gladness
and
joy
have
been
taken
away
from
the
fruitful
land
of
Moab;
I
have
made
the
wine
cease
from
the
winepresses;
no
one
treads
them
with
shouts
of
joy;
the
shouting
is
not
the
shout
of
joy.
48:34 "From
the
outcry
at
Heshbon
even
to
Elealeh,
as
far
as
Jahaz
they
utter
their
voice,
from
Zoar
to
Horonaim
and
Eglath-shelishiyah.
For
the
waters
of
Nimrim
also
have
become
desolate.
48:35 And
I
will
bring
to
an
end
in
Moab,
declares
the
LORD,
him
who
offers
sacrifice
in
the
high
place
and
makes
offerings
to
his
god.
48:36 Therefore
my
heart
moans
for
Moab
like
a
flute,
and
my
heart
moans
like
a
flute
for
the
men
of
Kir-hareseth.
Therefore
the
riches
they
gained
have
perished.
48:37 "For
every
head
is
shaved
and
every
beard
cut
off.
On
all
the
hands
are
gashes,
and
around
the
waist
is
sackcloth.
48:38 On
all
the
housetops
of
Moab
and
in
the
squares
there
is
nothing
but
lamentation,
for
I
have
broken
Moab
like
a
vessel
for
which
no
one
cares,
declares
the
LORD.
48:39 How
it
is
broken!
How
they
wail!
How
Moab
has
turned
his
back
in
shame!
So
Moab
has
become
a
derision
and
a
horror
to
all
that
are
around
him."
48:40 For
thus
says
the
LORD:
"Behold,
one
shall
fly
swiftly
like
an
eagle
and
spread
his
wings
against
Moab;
48:41 the
cities
shall
be
taken
and
the
strongholds
seized.
The
heart
of
the
warriors
of
Moab
shall
be
in
that
day
like
the
heart
of
a
woman
in
her
birth
pains;
48:42 Moab
shall
be
destroyed
and
be
no
longer
a
people,
because
he
magnified
himself
against
the
LORD.
48:43 Terror,
pit,
and
snare
are
before
you,
O
inhabitant
of
Moab!
declares
the
LORD.
48:44 He
who
flees
from
the
terror
shall
fall
into
the
pit,
and
he
who
climbs
out
of
the
pit
shall
be
caught
in
the
snare.
For
I
will
bring
these
things
upon
Moab,
the
year
of
their
punishment,
declares
the
LORD.
48:45 "In
the
shadow
of
Heshbon
fugitives
stop
without
strength,
for
fire
came
out
from
Heshbon,
flame
from
the
house
of
Sihon;
it
has
destroyed
the
forehead
of
Moab,
the
crown
of
the
sons
of
tumult.
48:46 Woe
to
you,
O
Moab!
The
people
of
Chemosh
are
undone,
for
your
sons
have
been
taken
captive,
and
your
daughters
into
captivity.
48:47 Yet
I
will
restore
the
fortunes
of
Moab
in
the
latter
days,
declares
the
LORD."
Thus
far
is
the
judgment
on
Moab.