Verse 42
Jeremiah 48:42
Bible in Basic English
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And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִשְׁמַ֥ד מוֹאָ֖ב מֵ/עָ֑ם כִּ֥י עַל יְהוָ֖ה הִגְדִּֽיל
English Translation
And Moab will be destroyed from being a people because he has magnified himself against the Lord.
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Chapter 48 Context
1
Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been m...
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The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let...
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There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;
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Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.
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For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the...
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6
Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.
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For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh...
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And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made was...
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9
Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, wi...
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10
Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his swor...
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11
From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drain...
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12
So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned o...
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13
And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of B...
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14
How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?
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15
He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to the...
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16
The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
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17
All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his...
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Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the...
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O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, a...
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20
Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the...
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21
And punishment has come on the lowlands; on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
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And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,
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And on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,
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24
And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
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25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.
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26
Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling i...
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For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking abou...
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O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah,...
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29
We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great...
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30
I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done...
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For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will...
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32
My weeping for you, O vine of Sibmah, will be more than the weeping of Jazer: your branches have gon...
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33
All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made...
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34
The cry of Heshbon comes even to Elealeh; to Jahaz their voice is sounding; from Zoar even to Horona...
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35
And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and b...
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So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for th...
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For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wou...
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38
On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been brok...
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39
How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of f...
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40
For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against M...
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41
Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in tha...
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42
And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.
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Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.
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He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will...
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Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone o...
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46
Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as p...
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47
But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.
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