Jeremiah 31

¹Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.

¹Thus has the Lord said concerning MOAB, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.

²There is no longer any healing for Moab, [nor] glorying in Esebon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from [being] a nation, and she shall be completely still: after thee shall go a sword;

²There is no longer any healing for Moab, [nor] glorying in Esebon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from [being] a nation, and she shall be completely still: after you shall go a sword;

³for [there is] a voice of [men] crying out of Oronaim, destruction and great ruin.

⁴Moab is ruined, proclaim [it] to Zogora:

⁵for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.

⁵for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; you⌃ have heard a cry of destruction.

⁶Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.

⁶Flee you⌃, and save your lives, and you⌃ shall be as a wild ass in the desert.

⁷Since thou hast trusted in thy strong-hold, therefore thou shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.

⁷Since you have trusted in your strong-hold, therefore you shall be taken: and Chamos shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.

⁸And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.

⁹Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague-spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence [shall there be] an inhabitant for her?

¹⁰Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.

¹¹Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out [his liquor] from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.

¹²Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

¹²Therefore, behold, his days come, says the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

¹³And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bæthel their hope, having trusted in them.

¹³And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Baethel their hope, having trusted in them.

¹⁴How will ye say, We are strong, and men strong for war?

¹⁴How will you⌃ say, We are strong, and men strong for war?

¹⁵Moab is ruined, [even] his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

¹⁶The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly [to vengeance].

¹⁷Shake [the head] at him, all ye that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name; say ye, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

¹⁷Shake [the head] at him, all you⌃ that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name; say you⌃, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

¹⁸Come down from [thy] glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dæbon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy strong-hold.

¹⁸Come down from [your] glory, and sit down in a damp place: Daebon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against you one to ravage your strong-hold.

¹⁹Stand by the way, and look, thou that dwellest in Arer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?

¹⁹Stand by the way, and look, you that dwell in Arer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?

²⁰Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished.

²¹And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Chelon, and Rephas, and Mophas,

²²and upon Dæbon, and upon Nabau, and upon the house of Dæthlathaim,

²²and upon Daebon, and upon Nabau, and upon the house of Daethlathaim,

²³and upon Cariathaim, and upon the house of Gæmol, and upon the house of Maon,

²³and upon Cariathaim, and upon the house of Gaemol, and upon the house of Maon,

²⁴and upon Carioth, and upon Bosor, and upon all the cities of Moab, far and near.

²⁵The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed.

²⁶Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughing -stock.

²⁶Make you⌃ him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughing stock.

²⁷For surely Israel was to thee a laughing -stock, and was found among thy thefts, because thou didst fight against him.

²⁷For surely Israel was to you a laughing stock, and was found among your thefts, because you did fight against him.

²⁸The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and dwelt in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.

²⁸The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and lived in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.

²⁹And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.

³⁰But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?

³¹Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men [in] a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,

³¹Therefore howl you⌃ for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men [in] a gloomy place. I will weep for you,

³²O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, [and] upon thy grape -gatherers.

³²O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: your branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon your fruits, [and] upon your grape gatherers.

³³Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and [though] there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.

³³Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and [though] there was wine in your presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.

³⁴From the cry of Esebon even to Ætam their cities uttered their voice, from Zogor to Oronaim, and their tidings [as] a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nebrin shall be dried up.

³⁴From the cry of Esebon even to Aetam their cities uttered their voice, from Zogor to Oronaim, and their tidings [as] a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nebrin shall be dried up.

³⁵And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

³⁵And I will destroy Moab, says the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

³⁶Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what [every] man has gained has perished from him.

³⁷They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat [the breasts], and on all loins shall be sackcloth.

³⁸And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets [shall be mourning]: for I have broken [him], saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

³⁸And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets [shall be mourning]: for I have broken [him], says the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

³⁹How has he changed! how has Moab turned [his] back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing -stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

³⁹How has he changed! how has Moab turned [his] back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

⁴⁰For thus said the Lord;

⁴¹Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.

⁴¹Carioth is taken, and the strongholds have been taken together.

⁴²And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

⁴³A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab.

⁴³A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab.

⁴⁴He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation.

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