The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:25 (NASB)

The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm broken,” declares the Lord.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:26 (NASB)

“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord;
so Moab will vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:27 (NKJV)
For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him, You shake your head in scorn.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:28 (NKJV)
You who dwell in Moab, Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, And be like the dove which makes her nest In the sides of the cave’s mouth.

 

[Mel85]

Jeremiah 48:29
New International Version


29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(A)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(B) of her heart.

 

[Mel85]

Jeremiah 48:30
New International Version


30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(A) accomplish nothing.

 

[Mel85]

Jeremiah 48:31
New International Version


31 Therefore I wail(A) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(B)

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:32 (NKJV)
O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the sea, They reach to the sea of Jazer. The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:33 (CSB)

Gladness and celebration are taken from the fertile field and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses; no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:34 (CSB)

“There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they make their voices heard as far as Jahaz—from Zoar to Horonaim
and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the Waters of Nimrim have become desolate.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:35 (BSB)
In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:36 (BSB)
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:37 (NASB)
For every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and sackcloth around the waists.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:38 (NASB 1995)
“On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the LORD.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:39 (NKJV)
“They shall wail: ‘How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame!’ So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:40 (NASB)
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Jeremiah 48:41 (NKJV)

Kerioth is taken,
And the strongholds are surprised;
The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:42 (NIV)

Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the Lord.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 48:43 (NIV)

Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,’declares the Lord.

 

[Mel85]

Jeremiah 48:44
New International Version


44 “Whoever flees(A) from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year(B) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.