481 Concerning Moab . Thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , "Woe to Nebo , for it has been destroyed ; Kiriathaim has been put to shame , it has been captured ; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered . 2 "There is praise for Moab no longer ; In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her: 'Come and let us cut her off from being a nation !' You too , Madmen , will be silenced ; The sword will follow e after you. 3 "The sound of an outcry from Horonaim , 'Devastation and great destruction !' 4 "Moab is broken , Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress. 5 "For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping ; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction . 6 " Flee , save your lives , That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness . 7 "For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures , Even you yourself will be captured ; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes . 8 "A destroyer will come to every city , So that no city will escape ; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed , As the Lord has said . 9 "Give wings to Moab , For she will flee away ; And her cities will become a desolation , Without inhabitants in them. 10 " Cursed be the one who does the Lord'S work negligently , And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood . 11 "Moab has been at ease since his youth ; He has also been undisturbed , like wine on its dregs , And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel , Nor has he gone into exile . Therefore e he retains his flavor , And his aroma has not changed . 12 "Therefore behold , the days are coming ," declares the Lord , "when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over , and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars . 13 "And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh , as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel , their confidence .
14 "How can you say , 'We are mighty warriors , And men valiant for battle '? 15 "Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities ; His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter ," Declares the King , whose name is the Lord of hosts . 16 "The disaster of Moab will soon come , And his calamity has swiftly hastened . 17 "Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name ; Say , 'How has the mighty scepter been broken , A staff of splendor !' 18 " Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground , O daughter dwelling in Dibon , For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds . 19 "Stand by the road and keep watch , O inhabitant of Aroer ; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say , 'What has happened ?' 20 "Moab has been put to shame , for it has been shattered . Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed . 21 "Judgment has also come upon the plain , upon Holon , Jahzah and against Mephaath , 22 against Dibon , Nebo and Beth-diblathaim , 23 against Kiriathaim , Beth-gamul and Beth-meon , 24 against Kerioth , Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab , far and near . 25 "The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken ," declares the Lord . 26 " Make him drunk , for he has become arrogant toward the Lord ; so Moab will wallow in his vomit , and he also will become a laughingstock . 27 "Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves ? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn. 28 "Leave the cities and dwell among the crags , O inhabitants of Moab , And be like a dove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm . 29 " We have heard of the pride of Moab -he is very proud - Of his haughtiness , his pride , his arrogance and his self-exaltation e . 30 "I know his fury ," declares the Lord , "But it is futile ; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing . 31 "Therefore e I will wail for Moab , Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres . 32 "More than the weeping for Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah ! Your tendrils stretched across the sea , They reached to the sea of Jazer ; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen . 33 "So gladness and joy are taken away From the fruitful field , even from the land of Moab . And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses ; No one will tread them with shouting , The shouting will not be shouts of joy. 34 " From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh , even to Jahaz they have raised their voice , from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah e ; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate . 35 "I will make an end of Moab ," declares the Lord , "the one who offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods . 36 "Therefore e My heart wails for Moab like flutes ; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres . Therefore e they have lost the abundance it produced . 37 "For every head is bald and every beard cut short ; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins . 38 "On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere ; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable e vessel ," declares the Lord . 39 "How shattered it is! How they have wailed ! How Moab has turned his back -he is ashamed ! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him." 40 For thus says the Lord : "Behold , one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab . 41 "Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized , So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor . 42 "Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the Lord . 43 " Terror , pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab ," declares the Lord . 44 "The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit , And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare ; For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab , The year of their punishment ," declares the Lord . 45 "In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength ; For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon And a flame from the midst of Sihon , And it has devoured the forehead of Moab And the scalps of the riotous revelers e . 46 " Woe to you, Moab ! The people of Chemosh have perished ; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity . 47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab In the latter days ," declares the Lord . Thus far the judgment on Moab .
491 Concerning the sons of Ammon . Thus says the Lord : "Does Israel have no sons ? Or has he no heirs ? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities ? 2 "Therefore behold , the days are coming ," declares the Lord , "That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon ; And it will become a desolate heap , And her towns will be set on fire . Then Israel will take possession of his possessors ," Says the Lord . 3 "Wail , O Heshbon , for Ai has been destroyed ! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah , Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament , And rush back and forth inside the walls ; For Malcam will go into exile Together with his priests and his princes . 4 "How boastful you are about the valleys ! Your valley is flowing away, O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures , saying, ' Who will come against me?' 5 "Behold , I am going to bring terror upon you," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts , "From all directions around you; And each of you will be driven out headlong , With no one to gather the fugitives together. 6 "But afterward e I will restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon ," Declares the Lord .
7 Concerning Edom . Thus says the Lord of hosts , "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman ? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent ? Has their wisdom decayed ? 8 "Flee away, turn back , dwell in the depths , O inhabitants of Dedan , For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him. 9 " If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings ? If thieves came by night , They would destroy only until they had enough . 10 "But I have stripped Esau bare , I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors , and he is no more . 11 "Leave your orphans behind , I will keep them alive ; And let your widows trust in Me." 12 For thus says the Lord , "Behold , those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted ? You will not be acquitted , but you will certainly drink it. 13 "For I have sworn by Myself," declares the Lord , "that Bozrah will become an object of horror , a reproach , a ruin and a curse ; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins ." 14 I have heard a message from the Lord , And an envoy is sent among the nations , saying, " Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle !" 15 "For behold , I have made you small among the nations , Despised among men . 16 "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock , Who occupy the height of the hill . Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's , I will bring you down from there ," declares the Lord . 17 "Edom will become an object of horror ; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds . 18 "Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors ," says the Lord , " no one will live there , nor will a son of man reside in it. 19 " Behold , one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture ; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?" 20 Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom , and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : surely e they will drag them off , even the little ones of the flock ; surely e He will make their pasture desolate because of them. 21 The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall . There is an outcry ! The noise of it has been heard at the Red e Sea . 22 Behold , He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah ; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor .
23 Concerning Damascus . " Hamath and Arpad are put to shame , For they have heard bad news ; They are disheartened . There is anxiety by the sea , It cannot e be calmed . 24 "Damascus has become helpless ; She has turned away to flee , And panic has gripped her; Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth . 25 "How the city of praise has not been deserted , The town of My joy ! 26 "Therefore , her young men will fall in her streets , And all the men of war will be silenced in that day ," declares the Lord of hosts . 27 "I will set fire to the wall of Damascus , And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad ."
28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor , which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated . Thus says the Lord , "Arise , go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east . 29 "They will take away their tents and their flocks ; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains , all their goods and their camels , And they will call out to one another, ' Terror on every side !' 30 "Run away , flee ! Dwell in the depths , O inhabitants of Hazor ," declares the Lord ; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you. 31 "Arise , go up against a nation which is at ease , Which lives securely ," declares the Lord . "It has no gates or bars ; They dwell alone . 32 "Their camels will become plunder , And their many cattle for booty , And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side ," declares the Lord . 33 "Hazor will become a haunt of jackals , A desolation forever e ; No one will live there , Nor will a son of man reside in it."
34 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam , at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah , saying : 35 "Thus says the Lord of hosts , 'Behold , I am going to break the bow of Elam , The finest of their might . 36 'I will bring upon Elam the four winds From the four ends of heaven , And will scatter them to all these winds ; And there will be no nation To which the outcasts of Elam will not go . 37 'So I will shatter Elam before their enemies And before those who seek their lives ; And I will bring calamity upon them, Even My fierce anger ,' declares the Lord , 'And I will send out the sword after them Until I have consumed them. 38 'Then I will set My throne in Elam And destroy out of it king and princes ,' Declares the Lord . 39 'But it will come about in the last days That I will restore the fortunes of Elam ,' " Declares the Lord .
71 For this Melchizedek , king of Salem , priest of the Most High God , who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all , by the translation of his name, king of righteousness , and then also king of Salem , which is king of peace . 3 Without father , without mother , without genealogy , having neither beginning of days nor end of life , but made like the Son of God , he remains a priest perpetually e . 4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham , the patriarch , gave a tenth of the choicest spoils . 5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people , that is, from their brethren , although these are descended e from Abraham . 6 But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises . 7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater . 8 In this case mortal men receive tithes , but in that case one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. 9 And, so e to speak , through Abraham even Levi , who received tithes , paid tithes , 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
11 Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law ), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek , and not be designated according to the order of Aaron ? 12 For when the priesthood is changed , of necessity there takes place a change of law also . 13 For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe , from which no one has officiated at the altar . 14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah , a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests . 15 And this is clearer still , if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek , 16 who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement , but according to the power of an indestructible life . 17 For it is attested of Him, " YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK ." 18 For, on the one hand , there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the Law made nothing perfect ), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope , through which we draw near to God . 20 And inasmuch e as it was not without an oath 21 (for they indeed became priests without an oath , but He with an oath through the One who said to Him, " THE Lord HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND , 'YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ' "); 22 so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant . 23 The former priests , on the one hand , existed e in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing , 24 but Jesus, on the other hand , because He continues forever , holds His priesthood permanently . 25 Therefore He is able also to save forever e those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest , holy , innocent , undefiled , separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens ; 27 who does not need daily e , like those high priests , to offer up sacrifices , first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people , because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself . 28 For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak , but the word of the oath , which came after the Law , appoints a Son , made perfect forever .
