Jeremiah 48:1-13

English Standard Version

“Woe to ^(B)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
    ^(C)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^(D)and broken down;
²     the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^(E)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
    ‘Come, let us cut her off ^(F)from being a nation!’
You also, O ^(G)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
    the sword shall pursue you.

³ “A voice! A cry from ^(H)Horonaim,
    ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
⁴ Moab is destroyed;
    her little ones have made a cry.
^5 (I)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;^[a]
for ^(J)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry^[b] of destruction.
⁶ Flee! Save yourselves!
    You will be like ^(K)a juniper in the desert!
⁷ For, ^(L)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and ^(M)Chemosh ^(N)shall go into exile
    with ^(O)his priests and his officials.
^8 (P)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
    and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and ^(Q)the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.

⁹ “Give wings to Moab,
    for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
    with no inhabitant in them.

¹¹ “Moab has been at ease from his youth
    and has ^(T)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
    nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
    and his scent is not changed.