1Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is confounded, is taken. Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

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Jeremiah 48:22, Jeremiah 48:23, Numbers 32:37, Numbers 32:38, Numbers 32:3

2Moab shall no more glory in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her; "Come, [say they,] and let us cut her off from being a nation!" Thou also shalt be cut down, O Madmena, The sword shall pursue thee!

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Isaiah 16:14, Numbers 32:37, Jeremiah 31:36, Isaiah 16:14, Numbers 32:37

3A cry is heard from Horonaim, Desolation and great destruction.

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Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:5, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 48:5

4Moab is destroyed; Her little ones raise a cry.

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Numbers 21:27, Numbers 21:30, Psalms 137:9, Esther 8:11, Numbers 21:27

5At the ascent of Luhith Weeping goeth up after weeping; At the descent of Horonaim is heard a bitter cry of despair.

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Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:5

6Flee ye! save your lives! Be ye like one that has been stripped in the wilderness!

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Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 17:6, Jeremiah 51:6, Job 30:3, Job 30:7

7For, because thou hast trusted in thy substance and thy treasures, Thou also shalt be taken And Chemosh shall go into captivity, His priests and his princes together.

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Numbers 21:29, Numbers 21:29, Jeremiah 49:3, Jeremiah 9:23, Psalms 52:7

8The spoiler shall come upon every city, And no city shall escape. The valley shall perish, And the plain shall be destroyed, As Jehovah hath spoken.

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Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 6:26, Joshua 13:21, Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:17

9Give wings to Moab, That she may flee away; For her cities shall be a desolation, With none to dwell therein.

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Isaiah 16:2, Psalms 11:1, Jeremiah 48:28, Isaiah 16:2, Psalms 11:1

10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah deceitfully, And cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

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1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:3, Judges 5:23

11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, And he hath settled on his lees, And hath not been drawn off from vessel to vessel, Neither hath he gone into captivity; Therefore his taste hath remained in him, And his flavor hath not changed.

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Zephaniah 1:12, Zephaniah 1:12, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 1:15, Jeremiah 48:29

12Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will send to him tilters, who shall tilt him up, And shall empty his vessels, and break his pitchers in pieces.

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Nahum 2:2, Nahum 2:2, Isaiah 30:14, Jeremiah 48:38, Ezekiel 25:9

13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

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Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6, Judges 11:24, Jeremiah 48:39, Isaiah 45:16

14How will ye say, "We are mighty, And strong men for war"?

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Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:16, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:16

15Moab is destroyed; His cities have gone up in smoke, And his chosen young men have gone down to slaughter, Saith the King whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

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Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 50:27, Jeremiah 51:57

16The destruction of Moab is near at hand; His destruction hasteth fast.

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Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 13:22, 2 Peter 2:3, Ezekiel 12:28, Jeremiah 1:12

17All ye that are about him, bemoan him! And all ye that know him, say, "How is the strong sceptre broken, The splendid staff!"

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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 inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab shall come against thee! He shall destroy thy strongholds. Stand by the wayside, and look out,

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Numbers 21:30, Isaiah 47:1, Numbers 21:30, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 15:2

19O inhabitant of Aroer! Ask of him that fleeth, and of her that escapeth, And say, "What hath been done?"

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Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 2:36, 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 4:16, 1 Samuel 4:13

20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down; Howl ye, and cry! Tell ye it in Arnon, That Moab is destroyed!

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Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 15:8

21And punishment hath come upon the plain country; Upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

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Joshua 13:18, Joshua 13:18, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:4, Numbers 21:23

22And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim.

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Numbers 33:46, Jeremiah 48:18, Numbers 33:46, Jeremiah 48:18, Jeremiah 48:1

23And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

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Joshua 13:17, Joshua 13:17, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:1, Numbers 32:38

24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, And upon all the cities of the land of Moab far and near.

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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 Jehovah.

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Psalms 75:10, Psalms 75:10, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 10:15, Job 22:9

26Make ye him drunken, for he hath exalted himself against Jehovah; That he also may wallow in his vomit, And be himself also in derision.

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Isaiah 19:14, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 48:42, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 19:14

27Was not Israel a derision to thee? Was he found among thieves, That, as often as thou spakest of him, thou shouldst shake thy head?

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Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:26, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:10, Micah 7:8

28Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove, that maketh her nest in the sides of the mouth of the pit!

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Judges 6:2, Psalms 55:6, Psalms 55:7, Song of Solomon 2:14, Judges 6:2

29We have heard of the pride of Moab; He hath been exceeding proud; His loftiness and his arrogance, His pride and the haughtiness of his heart.

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Isaiah 16:6, Isaiah 16:6, Psalms 138:6, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 30:13

30I, too, know his insolence, saith Jehovah, And his vain boastings. They shall effect nothing.

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Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 50:36, Isaiah 16:6, Psalms 33:10, Job 9:12

31Therefore will I wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; For the men of Kir-heres shall there be mourning.

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Isaiah 15:5, 2 Kings 3:25, Isaiah 15:5, 2 Kings 3:25, Jeremiah 48:36

32More than Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah! Thy branches have passed beyond the sea; They reach even to the sea of Jazer; Upon thy summer-fruits and thy vintage the spoiler falleth.

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Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Numbers 21:32

33And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field; And from the land of Moab, And from the presses, have I caused the wine to fail: No more shall they tread with shouting; The shouting shall be no shouting.

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Haggai 2:16, Isaiah 5:10, Haggai 2:16, Isaiah 5:10, Isaiah 32:9

34From wailing Heshbon to Elealeh, Even to Jahaz, is their voice heard, From Zoar even to Horonaim, To Eglath-shelishijah; For even the waters of Nimrim are desolate.

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Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:6, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:6, Numbers 32:3

35And I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, Him that offereth in the high places, And him that burneth incense to his gods.

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Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 15:2, Numbers 28:14

36Therefore doth my heart sound like a flute for Moab, And for the men of Ker-heres doth my heart sound like a flute; For the remnant of their substance is perished.

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Isaiah 15:7, Isaiah 15:7, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 15:5

37Every head is bald, And every beard shorn; Upon all hands are cutting, And upon the loins sackcloth.

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Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 41:5, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:3, Genesis 37:34

38Upon all the house-tops of Moab, and in her streets, All is lamentation. For I have broken Moab, like a useless vessel, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 25:34, Isaiah 22:1, Jeremiah 25:34

39Howl ye! How is he broken down! How hath Moab turned the back with shame! A derision and a consternation is Moab To all that are round him.

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Lamentations 1:1, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:15, Revelation 18:16

40For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, like an eagle flieth an enemy, And spreadeth his wings over Moab.

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Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 8:8, Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 8:8, Jeremiah 49:22

41Kerioth is taken, And the strongholds are seized; The hearts of the heroes of Moab in that day Shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 30:6

42And Moab shall be destroyed so as to be no more a people, Because he exalted himself against Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 48:2, Jeremiah 48:2, Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 7:8

43Terror and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

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Lamentations 3:47, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Lamentations 3:47, Isaiah 24:17

44He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit, And he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; For I will bring upon it, upon Moab, The year of their punishment, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 11:23, 1 Kings 19:17, Jeremiah 11:23, 1 Kings 19:17, Amos 5:19

45In the valley of Heshbon the fugitives halted for want of strength; But a fire is gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from the midst of Sihon, Which devoureth the region of Moab, And the heads of the sons of tumult.

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Numbers 24:17, Numbers 24:17, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 21:21

46Woe to thee, O Moab! Undone is the people of Chemosh! For thy sons are taken captives, And thy daughters are captives.

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Numbers 21:29, Numbers 21:29, 1 Kings 11:7, Jeremiah 48:13, Judges 11:24

47Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab In future times, saith Jehovah. Thus far the judgment of Moab.

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Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:39, Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:39, Jeremiah 46:26