Jeremiah 48:1-13

The Prophecy concerning Moab

48¹ Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down. ² The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you. ³ There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction; ⁴ Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar. ⁵ For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears. ⁶ Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah. ⁷ For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together. ⁸ And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said. ⁹ Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them. ¹⁰ Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood. ¹¹ From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged. ¹² So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken. ¹³ And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.