Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Moab and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau’s descendant] into lime [and used it to plaster a Moabite house].
- 新标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去她的刑罚； 因为她将以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “摩押三番四次犯罪， 把以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰， 我必不撤销对它的惩罚。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “摩押三番四次犯罪， 把以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰， 我必不撤销对它的惩罚。
- 当代译本 - 耶和华说： “摩押人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不收回对他们的惩罚， 因为他们把以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
- 圣经新译本 - “耶和华这样说： ‘摩押三番四次犯罪， 我必不收回惩罚他的命令； 因为他把以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
- 现代标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罚， 因为他将以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华如此说： “摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罚； 因为他将以东王的骸骨焚烧成灰。
- New International Version - This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom’s king,
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord says, “The people of Moab have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They burned the bones of Edom’s king to ashes.
- English Standard Version - Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
- New Living Translation - This is what the Lord says: “The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king, burning them to ashes.
- The Message - God’s Message: “Because of the three great sins of Moab —make that four—I’m not putting up with her any longer. She violated the corpse of Edom’s king, burning it to cinders. For that, I’m burning down Moab, burning down the forts of Kerioth. Moab will die in the shouting, go out in the blare of war trumpets. I’ll remove the king from the center and kill all his princes with him.” God’s Decree.
- Christian Standard Bible - The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Moab for three crimes, even four, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
- New American Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
- New King James Version - Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
- American Standard Version - Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
- King James Version - Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
- New English Translation - This is what the Lord says: “Because Moab has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
- World English Bible - Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
- 新標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說： 摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去她的刑罰； 因為她將以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說： 「摩押三番四次犯罪， 把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰， 我必不撤銷對它的懲罰。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說： 「摩押三番四次犯罪， 把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰， 我必不撤銷對它的懲罰。
- 當代譯本 - 耶和華說： 「摩押人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不收回對他們的懲罰， 因為他們把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
- 聖經新譯本 - “耶和華這樣說： ‘摩押三番四次犯罪， 我必不收回懲罰他的命令； 因為他把以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
- 呂振中譯本 - 永恆主這麼說： 『 摩押 三番四次地悖逆， 我必不收回 成命 ， 因為他將 以東 王的骸骨 焚燒成灰。
- 現代標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說： 「摩押三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罰， 因為他將以東王的骸骨焚燒成灰。
- 文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、摩押干罪、至三至四、我不挽回厥罰、以其焚以東王之骨為灰也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、摩押犯罪、至三至四、更焚以東王之骸骨、有若煮灰、故我必罰其罪、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主如是云、 摩押 人犯罪、至三至四、更以 以東 王之骸骨、焚燒成灰、故我降罰以報之、必不挽回、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Así dice el Señor: «Los delitos de Moab han llegado a su colmo; por tanto, no revocaré su castigo: Porque quemaron los huesos del rey de Edom hasta reducirlos a ceniza,
- 현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “모압의 서너 가지 죄에 대하여 내가 내 분노를 돌이 키지 않겠다. 이것은 그가 에돔 왕의 뼈를 태워 횟가루로 만들었기 때문이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Так говорит Господь: – За три греха Моава и за четыре не отвращу Мой гнев. За то, что он пережег в известь кости царя Эдома .
- Восточный перевод - Так говорит Вечный: – Моав грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он пережёг в известь кости царя Эдома,
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так говорит Вечный: – Моав грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он пережёг в известь кости царя Эдома,
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так говорит Вечный: – Моав грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он пережёг в известь кости царя Эдома,
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’Eternel dit ceci : Moab a perpétré ╵de nombreux crimes ; il a dépassé les limites. ╵Voilà pourquoi ╵je ne reviendrai pas ╵sur l’arrêt que j’ai pris, car ce peuple a brûlé ╵les os du roi d’Edom, ╵pour les réduire en chaux.
- リビングバイブル - 主はこう言います。 「モアブの住民は何度もくり返して罪を犯し、 わたしはそのことを忘れない。 もうこれ以上、処罰を猶予しない。 彼らはエドムの王たちの墓を汚し、 死者を丁重に取り扱わなかったからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Assim diz o Senhor: “Por três transgressões de Moabe, e ainda mais por quatro, não anularei o castigo. Porque ele queimou até reduzir a cinzas os ossos do rei de Edom,
- Hoffnung für alle - So spricht der Herr: Die Leute von Moab begehen ein abscheuliches Verbrechen nach dem anderen. Sie haben die Gebeine des Königs von Edom zu feiner Asche verbrannt. Das werde ich nicht ungestraft lassen!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Dân tộc Mô-áp phạm tội quá nhiều, nên Ta phải trừng phạt, không dung thứ được nữa! Chúng đã đào mả các vua của Ê-đôm rồi đốt thành tro.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “เนื่องจากโมอับทำบาปซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าสามสี่ครั้ง เราจึงไม่หายโกรธ เพราะเขาเผากระดูกกษัตริย์เอโดม ราวกับจะให้เป็นปูน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวดังนี้ “โมอับกระทำบาปซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า เราจะไม่เปลี่ยนใจในการลงโทษ เพราะพวกเขาเผากระดูกของกษัตริย์ แห่งเอโดมจนเป็นผงปูน
Cross Reference
- Psalms 83:4 - They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Psalms 83:5 - For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant—
- Psalms 83:6 - The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Psalms 83:7 - Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
- Amos 1:9 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Tyre and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they [as middlemen] deported an entire [Jewish] population to Edom And did not [seriously] remember their covenant of brotherhood.
- Amos 1:13 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because the Ammonites have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they might enlarge their border.
- Amos 1:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared] And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].
- Isaiah 11:14 - Ephraim and Judah will [unite and] swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines toward the west; Together they will plunder the sons (Arabs) of the east. They will possess Edom and Moab, And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.
- Proverbs 15:3 - The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good [in all their endeavors].
- 2 Kings 3:9 - So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They made a circuit of seven days’ journey, but there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 - because they did not meet you with bread (food) and water on the road as you came out of Egypt, and because they hired [to act] against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
- Deuteronomy 23:5 - Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God has loved you.
- Micah 6:5 - My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab devised [with his evil plan against Israel] And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him [turning the curse into blessing for Israel], [Remember what the Lord did for you] from Shittim to Gilgal, So that you may know the righteous and saving acts [displaying the power] of the Lord.”
- Amos 2:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
- Numbers 22:1 - The Israelites journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] across from Jericho.
- Numbers 22:2 - And Balak [the king of Moab] the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:3 - So Moab was terrified because of the people, for they were numerous. Moab was overcome with fear because of the sons of Israel.
- Numbers 22:4 - Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, just as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 22:5 - So he sent messengers to Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, “There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.
- Numbers 22:6 - Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
- Numbers 22:7 - So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:8 - Balaam said to them, “Spend the night here and I will bring word back to you as the Lord may speak to me.” So the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam [that night].
- Numbers 22:9 - God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”
- Numbers 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me:
- Numbers 22:11 - ‘Hear this, the people who came out of Egypt cover the surface of the land; come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’ ”
- Numbers 22:12 - God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people [of Israel], for they are blessed.”
- Numbers 22:13 - Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the leaders of Balak, “Go back to your own land [of Moab], for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
- Numbers 22:14 - The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- Numbers 22:15 - Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and [men who were] more distinguished than the first ones.
- Numbers 22:16 - They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘I beg you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me.
- Numbers 22:17 - For I will give you a very great honor and I will do whatever you tell me; so please come, curse these people [of Israel] for me.’ ”
- Numbers 22:18 - Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the Lord my God.
- Numbers 22:19 - Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the Lord will say to me.”
- Numbers 22:20 - God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”
- Numbers 22:21 - So Balaam got up in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.
- Numbers 22:22 - But God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:23 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way and His drawn sword in His hand, the donkey turned off the path and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back toward the path.
- Numbers 22:24 - But the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, with a [stone] wall on this side and a [stone] wall on that side.
- Numbers 22:25 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pressed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against it, and he struck her again.
- Amos 1:11 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy; His destructive anger raged continually, And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.
- Amos 2:4 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have rejected the law of the Lord [the sum of God’s instruction to His people] And have not kept His commandments; But their lies [and their idols], after which their fathers walked, Caused them to go astray.
- Amos 1:3 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with sharp iron sledges [having spikes that crushed and shredded].
- Isaiah 25:10 - For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain [Zion], And Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the [filthy] water of a manure pile.
- 2 Kings 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
- 2 Kings 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him [publicly] as a burnt offering [to Chemosh] on the [city] wall [horrifying everyone]. And there was great wrath against Israel, and Israel’s allies [Judah and Edom] withdrew from King Jehoram and returned to their own land.
- Isaiah 15:1 - The [mournful, inspired] oracle ( a burden to be carried) concerning Moab: Because in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
- Isaiah 15:2 - They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
- Isaiah 15:3 - In their streets they have wrapped themselves with sackcloth; On their [flat] housetops and in their open squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
- Isaiah 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh [cities claimed by Moab] cry out; Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out; Moab’s soul trembles within him.
- Isaiah 15:5 - My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
- Isaiah 15:6 - For the waters of Nimrim are desolate. Indeed the grass is withered, the new growth dies; There is no green thing.
- Isaiah 15:7 - Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored away They carry off over the Brook of the Willows.
- Isaiah 15:8 - For the cry of distress has echoed around the territory of Moab; The wailing goes as far as Eglaim and the mournful cry to Beer-elim.
- Isaiah 15:9 - For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Yet I will bring even more woes on Dimon— A lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.
- Jeremiah 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of] Nebo, for it has been destroyed! Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured; Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed.
- Jeremiah 48:2 - The glory of Moab is no more; In Heshbon they planned evil against her, Saying, ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O [city of] Madmen, shall be silenced; The sword will pursue you.
- Jeremiah 48:3 - The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
- Jeremiah 48:4 - Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].
- Jeremiah 48:5 - For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:6 - Run! Save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 48:7 - For because you have trusted in your works [your hand-made idols] and in your treasures [instead of in God], Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh [your disgusting god cannot rescue you, but] will go away into exile [along with the fugitives] Together with his priests and his princes.
- Jeremiah 48:8 - And the destroyer will come upon every city; No city will escape. The [Jordan] valley also will be ruined And the plain will be devastated, As the Lord has said.
- Jeremiah 48:9 - Give a gravestone to Moab, For she will fall into ruins; Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate, Without anyone to live in them.
- Jeremiah 48:10 - Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently, And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].
- Jeremiah 48:11 - “Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs, And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore his flavor remains in him, And his scent has not changed.
- Jeremiah 48:12 - Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will send to Moab those who will tip him over and who will empty his vessels and break his [earthenware] jars in pieces.
- Jeremiah 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh [his worthless, disgusting god], as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their [misplaced] confidence.
- Jeremiah 48:14 - How can you say, ‘We are great warriors And valiant men in war?’
- Jeremiah 48:15 - Moab has been made desolate and his cities have gone up [in smoke and flame]; And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” Says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:16 - “The destruction of Moab will come soon, And his disaster hurries quickly.
- Jeremiah 48:17 - Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him, And all you [distant nations] who know his name; Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken, And the splendid staff [of glory]!’
- Jeremiah 48:18 - Come down from your glory, O Daughter living in Dibon, And sit on the parched ground [among the thirsty]! For the destroyer of Moab has advanced against you; He has destroyed your strongholds.
- Jeremiah 48:19 - O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the road and keep watch! Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes, Saying, ‘What has happened?’
- Jeremiah 48:20 - Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.
- Jeremiah 48:21 - “Judgment has come on [the land of] the plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and against Mephaath,
- Jeremiah 48:22 - against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
- Jeremiah 48:23 - against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
- Jeremiah 48:24 - against Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:25 - The horn (strength) of Moab has been cut off and his arm [of authority] is shattered,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:26 - “Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord [by denying Reuben’s occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also will wallow in his vomit, and he too shall become a laughingstock.
- Jeremiah 48:27 - For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.
- Jeremiah 48:28 - You inhabitants of Moab, Leave the cities and live among the rocks, And be like the dove that makes her nest In the walls of the yawning ravine.
- Jeremiah 48:29 - We have heard of the [giddy] pride of Moab, the extremely proud one— His haughtiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and his self-exaltation.
- Jeremiah 48:30 - I know his [insolent] wrath,” says the Lord, “But it is futile; His idle boasts [in his deeds] have accomplished nothing.
- Jeremiah 48:31 - Therefore I will wail over Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab. I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).
- Jeremiah 48:32 - O vines of Sibmah, I will weep for you More than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] stretched across the sea, Reaching [even] to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen On your summer fruits and your [season’s] crop of grapes.
- Jeremiah 48:33 - So joy and gladness are taken away From the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. And I have made the wine cease from the wine presses; No one treads the grapes with shouting. Their shouting is not joyful shouting [but is instead, a battle cry].
- Jeremiah 48:34 - From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolations.
- Jeremiah 48:35 - Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab,” says the Lord, “the one who ascends and offers sacrifice in the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.
- Jeremiah 48:36 - “Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished.
- Jeremiah 48:37 - For every head is [shaven] bald and every beard cut off; there are cuts (slashes) on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins [all expressions of mourning].
- Jeremiah 48:38 - On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation (expressions of grief for the dead) everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:39 - “How it is broken down! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab will become a laughingstock and a [horrifying] terror to all who are around him.”
- Jeremiah 48:40 - For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one (Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon) will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 48:41 - Kerioth [and the cities] has been taken And the strongholds seized; And the hearts of the warriors of Moab in that day Shall be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.
- Jeremiah 48:42 - Moab will be destroyed from being a nation (people) Because he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:43 - Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:44 - “The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit, And the one who gets up out of the pit Will be taken and caught in the trap; For I shall bring upon it, even upon Moab, The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 48:45 - “In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand powerless [helpless and without strength], For a fire has gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the midst of Sihon; It has destroyed the forehead of Moab And the crowns of the heads of [the arrogant Moabites] the ones in tumult.
- Jeremiah 48:46 - Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Moab! The people of [the pagan god called] Chemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity.
- Jeremiah 48:47 - Yet I will return the captives and restore the fortunes of Moab In the latter days,” says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
- Ezekiel 25:8 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,’
- Ezekiel 25:9 - therefore, behold, I will deprive the flank of Moab of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim.
- Zephaniah 2:8 - “I have heard the taunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And become arrogant against their territory [by violating Israel’s boundary and trying to seize its land].
- Zephaniah 2:9 - Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “ Moab will in fact become like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A land possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”