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Jeremiah Chapter 48

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JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 48

1Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Woe to Nabo, for it is laid waste, and confounded: Cariathaim is taken: the strong city is confounded and hath trembled.
Jeremiah 48:22, Jeremiah 48:23, Numbers 32:37, Numbers 32:38, Numbers 32:3
2There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee.
Isaiah 16:14, Numbers 32:37, Jeremiah 31:36, Isaiah 16:14, Numbers 32:37
3A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction.
Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:5, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 48:5
4Moab is destroyed: proclaim a cry for her little ones.
Numbers 21:27, Numbers 21:30, Psalms 137:9, Esther 8:11, Numbers 21:27
5For by the ascent of Luith shall the mourner go up with weeping: for in the descent of Oronaim the enemies have heard a howling of destruction.
Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:5
6Flee, save your lives: and be as heath in the wilderness.
Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 51:6, Job 30:3, Job 30:7
7For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.
Numbers 21:29, Numbers 21:29, Jeremiah 49:3, Jeremiah 9:23, Psalms 52:7
8And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: and the valleys shall perish, and the plains shall be destroyed, for the Lord hath spoken:
Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 6:26, Joshua 13:21, Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:17
9Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.
Isaiah 16:2, Psalms 11:1, Jeremiah 48:28, Isaiah 16:2, Psalms 11:1
10Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.
1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:3, Judges 5:23
11Moab hath been fruitful from his youth, and hath rested upon his lees: and hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel, nor hath gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Zephaniah 1:12, Zephaniah 1:12, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 1:15, Jeremiah 48:29
12Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send him men that shall order and overturn his bottles, and they shall cast him down, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles one against another.
Nahum 2:2, Nahum 2:2, Isaiah 30:14, Jeremiah 48:38, Ezekiel 25:9
13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted.
Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6, Judges 11:24, Jeremiah 48:39, Isaiah 45:16
14How do you say: We are valiant and stout men in battle?
Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:16, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:16
15Moab is laid waste, and they have cast down her cities: and her choice young men are gone down to the slaughter: saith the king, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 51:57
16The destruction of Moab is near to come: the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly.
Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 13:22, 2 Peter 2:3, Ezekiel 12:28, Jeremiah 1:12
17Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?
Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 9:4, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20, Zechariah 11:10
18Come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst, O dwelling of the daughter of Dibon: because the spoiler of Moab is come up to thee, he hath destroyed thy bulwarks.
Numbers 21:30, Isaiah 47:1, Numbers 21:30, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 15:2
19Stand in the way, and look out, O habitation of Aroer: inquire of him that fleeth: and say to him that hath escaped: What is done?
Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 2:36, 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 4:13
20Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is wasted.
Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 15:8
21And judgment is come upon the plain country: upon Helon, and upon Jasa, and upon Mephaath.
Joshua 13:18, Joshua 13:18, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:4, Numbers 21:23
22And upon Dibon, and upon Nabo, and upon the house of Deblathaim,
Numbers 33:46, Jeremiah 48:18, Numbers 33:46, Jeremiah 48:18, Jeremiah 48:1
23And upon Cariathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmaon,
Joshua 13:17, Joshua 13:17, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:1, Numbers 32:38
24And upon Carioth, and upon Bosra: and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Amos 2:2, Amos 2:2, Jeremiah 48:41, Jeremiah 48:41, Zephaniah 2:8
25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
Psalms 75:10, Psalms 75:10, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 10:15, Job 22:9
26Make him drunk, because he lifted up himself against the Lord: and Moab shall dash his hand in his own vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Isaiah 19:14, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 48:42, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 19:14
27For Israel hath been a derision unto them: as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves: for thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be led away captive.
Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:26, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:10, Micah 7:8
28Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you that dwell in Moab: and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place.
Judges 6:2, Psalms 55:6, Psalms 55:7, Song of Solomon 2:14, Judges 6:2
29We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart.
Isaiah 16:6, Isaiah 16:6, Psalms 138:6, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 30:13
30I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able.
Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 50:36, Isaiah 16:6, Psalms 33:10, Job 9:12
31Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.
Isaiah 15:5, 2 Kings 3:25, Isaiah 15:5, 2 Kings 3:25, Jeremiah 48:36
32O vineyard of Sabama, I will weep for thee, with the mourning of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they are come even to the sea of Jazer: the robber hath rushed in upon thy harvest and thy vintage.
Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Numbers 21:32
33Joy and gladness is taken away from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, and I have taken away the wine out of the presses: the treader of the grapes shall not sing the accustomed cheerful tune.
Haggai 2:16, Isaiah 5:10, Haggai 2:16, Isaiah 5:10, Isaiah 32:9
34From the cry of Hesebon even to Eleale, and to Jasa, they have uttered their voice: from Segor to Oronaim, as a heifer of three years old: the waters also of Nemrim shall be very bad.
Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:6, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:6, Numbers 32:3
35And I will take away from Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and that sacrificeth to his gods.
Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 15:2, Numbers 28:14
36Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.
Isaiah 15:7, Isaiah 15:7, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 15:5
37For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.
Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 41:5, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Genesis 37:34
38Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 25:34, Isaiah 22:1, Jeremiah 25:34
39How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.
Lamentations 1:1, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:16
40Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.
Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 8:8, Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 8:8, Jeremiah 49:22
41Carioth is taken, and the strongholds are won: and the heart of the valiant men of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.
Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 30:6
42And Moab shall cease to be a people: because he hath gloried against the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:2, Jeremiah 48:2, Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 7:8
43Fear, and the pit, and the snare come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 3:47, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Lamentations 3:47, Isaiah 24:17
44He that shall flee from the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall get up out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 11:23, 1 Kings 19:17, Jeremiah 11:23, 1 Kings 19:17, Amos 5:19
45They that fled from the snare stood in the shadow of Hesebon: but there came a fire out of Hesebon, and a flame out of the midst of Seon, and it shall devour part of Moab, and the crown of the head of the children of tumult.
Numbers 24:17, Numbers 24:17, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 21:21
46Woe to thee, Moab, thou hast persisted, O people of Chamos: for thy sons, and thy daughters are taken captives.
Numbers 21:29, Numbers 21:29, 1 Kings 11:7, Jeremiah 48:13, Judges 11:24
47And I will bring back the captivity of Moab in the last days, saith the Lord. Hitherto the judgments of Moab.
Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:39, Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:39, Jeremiah 46:26

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