Against
Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled:
Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is
confounded and dismayed.
02 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in
Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come,
and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also
thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall
pursue thee.
03 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim,
spoiling and great destruction.
04 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused
a cry to be heard.
05 For in the going up of Luhith continual
weeping shall go up; for in the going down of
Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of
destruction.
06 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath
in the wilderness.
07 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and
in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and
Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his
priests and his princes together.
08 And the spoiler shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape: the valley also shall
perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
Lord hath spoken.
09 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get
away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate,
without any to dwell therein.
10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord
deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back
his sword from blood.
11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he
hath settled on his lees, and hath not been
emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he
gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained
in him, and his scent is not changed.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that
shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his
vessels, and break their bottles.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the
house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their
confidence.
14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for
the war?
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her
cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to
the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the
Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his
affliction hasteth fast.
17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all
ye that know his name, say, How is the strong
staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come
down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the
spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he
shall destroy thy strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and
espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth,
and say, What is done?
20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down:
howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is
spoiled,
21 And judgment is come upon the plain country;
upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon
Bethdiblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and
upon Bethmeon,
24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon
all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is
broken, saith the Lord.
26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself
against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his
vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
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27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was
he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of
him, thou skippedst for joy.
28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and
dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that
maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is
exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his
arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of
his heart.
30 I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall
not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry
out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the
men of Kirheres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with
the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over
the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the
spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon
thy vintage.
33 And joy and gladness is taken from the
plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I
have caused wine to fail from the winepresses:
none shall tread with shouting; their shouting
shall be no shouting.
34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and
even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice,
from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of
three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim
shall be desolate.
35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith
the Lord, him that offereth in the high places,
and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like
pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for
the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he
hath gotten are perished.
37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard
clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings,
and upon the loins sackcloth.
38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all
the housetops of Moab, and in the streets
thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel
wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken
down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame!
so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to
all them about him.
40 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly
as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over
Moab.
41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are
surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at
that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her
pangs.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a
people, because he hath magnified himself against
the Lord.
43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be
upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into
the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit
shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring
upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith the Lord.
45 They that fled stood under the shadow of
Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall
come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the
midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of
Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous
ones.
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of
Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken
captives, and thy daughters captives.
47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab
in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is
the judgment of Moab.
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