Verse 43

Jeremiah 48:43

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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 caught in a snare. I will do this to the Moabites at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.

Original Language Text

hebrew

פַּ֥חַד וָ/פַ֖חַת וָ/פָ֑ח עָלֶ֛י/ךָ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב מוֹאָ֖ב נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

English Translation

Fear and dread shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.

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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... Focus ↗

2 No one praises Moab anymore. People in Heshbon are plotting, “We will destroy Moab as a nation. Peop... Focus ↗

3 Listen to the cries from Horonaim: “Violence and terrible destruction!” Focus ↗

4 Moab will be smashed. Hear the little ones crying for help. Focus ↗

5 People weep as they go up to Luhith; and as they come down to Horonaim their sad cries at the destru... Focus ↗

6 Run away! Save yourselves! Be like a scrawny tamarisk tree in the desert! Focus ↗

7 It's because you put your confidence in what you do and what you own that you too will be captured.... Focus ↗

8 The invaders will attack every town; not a single one will escape destruction. The valley will be ru... Focus ↗

9 Put up gravestones in Moab, because the country will become a wasteland. Its towns will be turned in... Focus ↗

10 A curse on those who don't do the Lord's work properly. A curse on those who don't use their swords... Focus ↗

11 The people of Moab have been living comfortably since the country was founded. They're like wine tha... Focus ↗

12 But watch out, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send them “winemakers” who will po... Focus ↗

13 Then the Moabites will feel let down by Chemosh, just as the people of Israel felt let down when the... Focus ↗

14 How on earth can you Moabites say, “We're heroes, strong men ready to fight in battle”? Focus ↗

15 Moab is going to be destroyed and its towns conquered. Its finest young men will be killed, declares... Focus ↗

16 Moab's doom is about to happen; destruction is rushing down on them. Focus ↗

17 Mourn for them, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows them! Let others know how the great... Focus ↗

18 Come down from your glory and sit on the dusty ground, you who live in Dibon, for Moab's destroyer w... Focus ↗

19 Stand at the roadside and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the men and women who are running away t... Focus ↗

20 Moab has been humiliated because it has been defeated. Weep and wail! Shout out beside the River Arn... Focus ↗

21 Punishment has arrived on the towns of the high plain—on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, Focus ↗

22 on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, Focus ↗

23 on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, Focus ↗

24 on Kerioth, Bozrah, and on all the towns of Moab, whether far away or nearby. Focus ↗

25 Moab's strength is gone; their power has been broken, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

26 Make the people of Moab drunk, because they defied the Lord. Then they will roll around in their own... Focus ↗

27 Didn't you Moabites used to ridicule the Israelites? But they weren't ever found to be thieves, were... Focus ↗

28 You people living in Moab, run from your towns, go and live among the rocks. Be like a dove nesting... Focus ↗

29 We know all about how pompous Moabites are, how extremely proud and conceited they are, arrogantly t... Focus ↗

30 I'm well aware of how disrespectful they are, declares the Lord, but it doesn't matter. They make em... Focus ↗

31 So I will weep for Moab; I will cry out for all the Moabites; I will mourn for the people of Kir-her... Focus ↗

32 will weep for you, people of the town of Sibmah with its vineyards, more than I weep for the town of... Focus ↗

33 There's no more celebration and happiness in Moab's orchards and fields. I have stopped the grape ju... Focus ↗

34 Cries for help reach from Heshbon to Elealeh and all the way to Jahaz. They're shouting out from Zoa... Focus ↗

35 I'm going to finish off those in Moab who sacrifice on the pagan high places and burn incense to the... Focus ↗

36 So I mourn inside like a flute playing a sad song for Moab; like a flute playing a funeral tune for... Focus ↗

37 As signs of their mourning, every head is shaved, every beard is trimmed, every hand has a gash, and... Focus ↗

38 Everyone is mourning on all the flat roofs and streets of Moab, because I have smashed the country l... Focus ↗

39 Moab is completely shattered! Listen to them cry! See how the Moabites turn away in shame! All the s... Focus ↗

40 This is what the Lord says: Watch as an enemy like an eagle swoops down, spreading its wings as it a... Focus ↗

41 Kirioth has been conquered, and the fortresses captured. At that time Moab's warriors will be as sca... Focus ↗

42 You people living in Moab, what's waiting for you are terror, traps, and snares, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

43 You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caug...

44 Those who run away will be left defenseless in Heshbon where they went for protection, because fire... Focus ↗

45 What a disaster has come to you Moabites! The people of Chemosh have been wiped out. Your sons and d... Focus ↗

46 But even so, later on, I will bring the people of Moab back from exile, declares the Lord. This is t... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 48 (46 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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