The Burden against Moab (Jeremiah 48:1–47)
1 RV The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought. BSB BSB: This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
2 RV He is gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. BSB BSB: Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
3 RV In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth: on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping abundantly. BSB BSB: In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
4 RV And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him. BSB BSB: Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
5 RV My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. BSB BSB: My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
6 RV For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing. BSB BSB: The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
7 RV Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. BSB BSB: So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
8 RV For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. BSB BSB: For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
9 RV For the waters of Dimon are full of blood: for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. BSB BSB: The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
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