Jer 48:1-10 | HCSB | STEP | About Moab , this is what the Lord of Hosts , the God of Israel , says : Woe to Nebo , because it is about to be destroyed ; Kiriathaim will be put to shame ; it will be taken captive . The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed !

‏ Jeremiah 48:1-10

1 About Moab, ^a this is what the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Woe to Nebo, ^c because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame; ^d it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
2 There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon: ^e
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen, ^{▼▼A city in Moab} you will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 A voice cries out from Horonaim, ^g
“devastation and great disaster!”
4 Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
5 For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually, ^{▼▼Lit Luhith, weeping goes up with weeping}
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction: ⁱ
6 Flee! Save your lives!
Be like a juniper bush ^{▼▼Or like Aroer; Isa 17:2; Jr 48:19
,} ^k in the wilderness.
7 Because you trust in your works ^{▼▼LXX reads strongholds} and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh ^m will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated, ⁿ
as the Lord has said.
9 Make Moab a salt marsh, ^{▼▼LXX reads a sign; Vg reads a flower; Syr, Tg read a crown
,} ^p
for she will run away; ^{▼▼Hb obscure}
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.

10 The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully ^{▼▼Or negligently} is cursed, ^s
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.