Judgment on Moab
1 Against Is. 15:1—16:14; 25:10; Ezek. 25:8–11; Amos 2:1–3; Zeph. 2:8–11Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
"Woe to Is. 15:2Nebo!
For it is plundered,
Num. 32:37; Jer. 48:23; Ezek. 25:9Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed—
2 Is. 16:14No more praise of Moab.
In Is. 15:4; Jer. 49:3Heshbon they have devised evil against her:
‘Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.’
You also shall be cut down, O Is. 10:31Madmen!
The sword shall pursue you;
3 A voice of crying shallbe from Is. 15:5; Jer. 48:5, 34Horonaim:
‘Plundering and great destruction!’
4 "Moab is destroyed;
Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;
5 Is. 15:5For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
6 "Flee, save your lives!
And be like the Jer. 17:6juniper in the wilderness.
7 For because you have trusted in your works and your Ps. 52:7; Is. 59:4; Jer. 9:23; (1 Tim. 6:17)treasures,
You also shall be taken.
And Num. 21:29; Judg. 11:24; Jer. 48:13Chemosh shall go forth into captivity,
His Jer. 49:3priests and his princes together.
8 And Jer. 6:26the plunderer shall come against every city;
No one shall escape.
The valley also shall perish,
And the plain shall be destroyed,
As the Lord has spoken.
9 "GivePs. 55:6 wings to Moab,
That she may flee and get away;
For her cities shall be desolate,
Without any to dwell in them.
10 Judg. 5:23; 1 Sam. 15:3, 9; 1 Kin. 20:42Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully,
And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
11 "Moab has been at ease from his youth;
He Zeph. 1:12has settled on his dregs,
And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into captivity.
Therefore his taste remained in him,
And his scent has not changed.
12 "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the Lord,
"That I shall send him wine-workers
Who will tip him over
And empty his vessels
And break the bottles.
13 Moab shall be ashamed of 1 Kin. 11:7Chemosh,
As the house of Israel Hos. 10:6was ashamed of 1 Kin. 12:29; 13:32–34; Hos. 8:5, 6Bethel, their confidence.
14 "How can you say, Is. 16:6‘We are mighty
And strong men for the war’?
15 Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have (Is. 40:30, 31); Jer. 50:27gone down to the slaughter," says Jer. 46:18; 51:57; Mal. 1:14the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 "The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
And his affliction comes quickly.
17 Bemoan him, all you who are around him;
And all you who know his name,
Say, Is. 9:4; 14:4, 5‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
18 "O Is. 47:1daughter inhabiting Num. 21:30; Josh. 13:9, 17; Is. 15:2; Jer. 48:22Dibon,
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.
19 O inhabitant of Deut. 2:36; Josh. 12:2; Is. 17:2Aroer,
1 Sam. 4:13, 14, 16Stand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
Is. 16:7Wail and cry!
Tell it in Num. 21:13Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
21 "And judgment has come on the plain country:
On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23 On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24 On Jer. 48:41; Amos 2:2Kerioth and Bozrah,
On all the cities of the land of Moab,
Far or near.
25 Ps. 75:10; Zech. 1:19–21The horn of Moab is cut off,
And his Ezek. 30:21arm is broken," says the Lord.
26 "MakeJer. 25:15 him drunk,
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.
27 For Zeph. 2:8was not Israel a derision to you?
Jer. 2:26Was he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake yourheadinLam. 2:15; (Mic. 7:8–10)scorn.
28 You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and Ps. 55:6, 7dwell in the rock,
And be like Song 2:14the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.
29 "We have heard the Is. 16:6; Zeph. 2:8, 10pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and Jer. 49:16pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart."
30 "I know his wrath," says the Lord,
"But it is not right;
Is. 16:6; Jer. 50:36His lies have made nothing right.
31 Therefore Is. 15:5; 16:7, 11I will wail for Moab,
And I will cry out for all Moab;
I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
32 Is. 16:8, 9O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Num. 21:32; Is. 16:10Jazer.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.
33 Is. 16:10; Jer. 25:10; Joel 1:12Joy and gladness are taken
From the plentiful field
And from the land of Moab;
I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses;
No one will tread with joyous shouting—
Not joyous shouting!
34 "FromIs. 15:4–6 the cry of Heshbon to Num. 32:3, 37Elealeh and to Jahaz
They have uttered their voice,
Is. 15:5, 6From Zoar to Horonaim,
Like a three-year-old heifer;
For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.
35 "Moreover," says the Lord,
"I will cause to cease in Moab
Is. 15:2; 16:12The one who offers sacrifices in the high places
And burns incense to his gods.
36 Therefore Is. 15:5; 16:11My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,
And like flutes My heart shall wail
For the men of Kir Heres.
Therefore Is. 15:7the riches they have acquired have perished.
37 "For Is. 15:2, 3; Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 47:5every head shallbe bald, and every beard clipped;
On all the hands shallbe cuts, and Gen. 37:34; Is. 15:3; 20:2on the loins sackcloth—
38 A general lamentation
On all the Is. 15:3housetops of Moab,
And in its streets;
For I have Jer. 22:28broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure," says the Lord.
39 "They shall wail:
‘How she is broken down!
How Moab has turned her back with shame!’
So Moab shall be a derision
And a dismay to all those about her."
40 For thus says the Lord:
"Behold, Deut. 28:49; Jer. 49:22; Hos. 8:1; Hab. 1:8one shall fly like an eagle,
And Is. 8:8spread his wings over Moab.
41 Kerioth is taken,
And the strongholds are surprised;
Is. 13:8; 21:3; Jer. 30:6; Mic. 4:9, 10The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed Ps. 83:4; Jer. 48:2as a people,
Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
43 Is. 24:17, 18; Lam. 3:47Fear and the pit and the snare shallbe upon you,
O inhabitant of Moab," says the Lord.
44 "He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit,
And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the 1 Kin. 19:17; Is. 24:18; Amos 5:19snare.
For upon Moab, upon it Jer. 11:23I will bring
The year of their punishment," says the Lord.
45 "Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon
Because of exhaustion.
But Num. 21:28, 29a fire shall come out of Heshbon,
A flame from the midst of Num. 21:21, 26; Ps. 135:11Sihon,
And Num. 24:17shall devour the brow of Moab,
The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
46 Num. 21:29Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of Chemosh perish;
For your sons have been taken captive,
And your daughters captive.
47 "Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab
Jer. 49:6, 39In the latter days," says the Lord.
Thus far is the judgment of Moab.