Verse 31
Jeremiah 48:31
Free Bible Version
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So I will weep for Moab; I will cry out for all the Moabites; I will mourn for the people of Kir-heres.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל כֵּן֙ עַל מוֹאָ֣ב אֲיֵלִ֔יל וּ/לְ/מוֹאָ֥ב כֻּלֹּ֖/ה אֶזְעָ֑ק אֶל אַנְשֵׁ֥י קִֽיר חֶ֖רֶשׂ יֶהְגֶּֽה
English Translation
Therefore, concerning Moab, I will lament; I will cry out for all Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-Heres.
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Chapter 48 Context
1
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says about Moab: Disaster is coming to t...
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No one praises Moab anymore. People in Heshbon are plotting, “We will destroy Moab as a nation. Peop...
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Listen to the cries from Horonaim: “Violence and terrible destruction!”
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Moab will be smashed. Hear the little ones crying for help.
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People weep as they go up to Luhith; and as they come down to Horonaim their sad cries at the destru...
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Run away! Save yourselves! Be like a scrawny tamarisk tree in the desert!
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It's because you put your confidence in what you do and what you own that you too will be captured....
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The invaders will attack every town; not a single one will escape destruction. The valley will be ru...
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9
Put up gravestones in Moab, because the country will become a wasteland. Its towns will be turned in...
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10
A curse on those who don't do the Lord's work properly. A curse on those who don't use their swords...
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11
The people of Moab have been living comfortably since the country was founded. They're like wine tha...
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12
But watch out, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send them “winemakers” who will po...
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13
Then the Moabites will feel let down by Chemosh, just as the people of Israel felt let down when the...
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14
How on earth can you Moabites say, “We're heroes, strong men ready to fight in battle”?
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15
Moab is going to be destroyed and its towns conquered. Its finest young men will be killed, declares...
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Moab's doom is about to happen; destruction is rushing down on them.
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17
Mourn for them, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows them! Let others know how the great...
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18
Come down from your glory and sit on the dusty ground, you who live in Dibon, for Moab's destroyer w...
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19
Stand at the roadside and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the men and women who are running away t...
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20
Moab has been humiliated because it has been defeated. Weep and wail! Shout out beside the River Arn...
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21
Punishment has arrived on the towns of the high plain—on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
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on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
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on Kerioth, Bozrah, and on all the towns of Moab, whether far away or nearby.
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25
Moab's strength is gone; their power has been broken, declares the Lord.
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26
Make the people of Moab drunk, because they defied the Lord. Then they will roll around in their own...
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27
Didn't you Moabites used to ridicule the Israelites? But they weren't ever found to be thieves, were...
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28
You people living in Moab, run from your towns, go and live among the rocks. Be like a dove nesting...
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29
We know all about how pompous Moabites are, how extremely proud and conceited they are, arrogantly t...
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30
I'm well aware of how disrespectful they are, declares the Lord, but it doesn't matter. They make em...
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So I will weep for Moab; I will cry out for all the Moabites; I will mourn for the people of Kir-her...
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will weep for you, people of the town of Sibmah with its vineyards, more than I weep for the town of...
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33
There's no more celebration and happiness in Moab's orchards and fields. I have stopped the grape ju...
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34
Cries for help reach from Heshbon to Elealeh and all the way to Jahaz. They're shouting out from Zoa...
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35
I'm going to finish off those in Moab who sacrifice on the pagan high places and burn incense to the...
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36
So I mourn inside like a flute playing a sad song for Moab; like a flute playing a funeral tune for...
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37
As signs of their mourning, every head is shaved, every beard is trimmed, every hand has a gash, and...
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38
Everyone is mourning on all the flat roofs and streets of Moab, because I have smashed the country l...
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39
Moab is completely shattered! Listen to them cry! See how the Moabites turn away in shame! All the s...
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40
This is what the Lord says: Watch as an enemy like an eagle swoops down, spreading its wings as it a...
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41
Kirioth has been conquered, and the fortresses captured. At that time Moab's warriors will be as sca...
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42
You people living in Moab, what's waiting for you are terror, traps, and snares, declares the Lord.
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43
You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caug...
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44
Those who run away will be left defenseless in Heshbon where they went for protection, because fire...
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45
What a disaster has come to you Moabites! The people of Chemosh have been wiped out. Your sons and d...
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46
But even so, later on, I will bring the people of Moab back from exile, declares the Lord. This is t...
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