Jeremiah 48:35-45

35 In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods,” declares the LORD.
36 “So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone.
37 Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
38 On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares the LORD.
39 “How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the LORD says: “Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.
41 Kerioth[a] will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD.
43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the LORD.
44 “Whoever flees 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 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; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters.

Cross References 26

  • 1. S Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 16:12
  • 2. Jeremiah 11:13
  • 3. S ver 31; Isaiah 16:11
  • 4. S 2 Kings 3:25
  • 5. S Isaiah 15:7
  • 6. Isaiah 15:2; S Jeremiah 41:5; Ezekiel 27:31; Ezekiel 29:18
  • 7. S Leviticus 19:27; S 2 Samuel 10:4
  • 8. S Genesis 37:34; S Isaiah 3:24; Jeremiah 16:6; Amos 8:10
  • 9. S Isaiah 15:3
  • 10. S Jeremiah 22:28
  • 11. Jeremiah 50:23
  • 12. ver 26
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:8
  • 14. S Isaiah 8:8
  • 15. S Isaiah 15:1
  • 16. Amos 2:16
  • 17. S Isaiah 21:3
  • 18. Psalms 83:4; S Isaiah 16:14
  • 19. ver 2
  • 20. S ver 26
  • 21. Jeremiah 49:5
  • 22. S Isaiah 24:17
  • 23. 1 Kings 19:17; S Job 20:24; Isaiah 24:18; S Jeremiah 46:5
  • 24. Jeremiah 11:23; Jeremiah 23:12
  • 25. S Nu 21:21,26-28; S Joshua 12:2
  • 26. Numbers 24:17

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