Jeremiah 48-49

New American Standard Bible

Prophecy against Moab

48 Concerning ^(A)Moab. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to ^(B)Nebo, for it has been destroyed;
^(C)Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;
The high stronghold has been put to shame and ^[a]shattered.
²There is no longer praise for Moab;
In ^(D)Heshbon they have devised disaster against her:
‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’
You too, ^[b]Madmen, will be silenced;
The sword will follow you.
³The sound of an outcry from ^(E)Horonaim,
‘Devastation and great destruction!’
⁴Moab is broken,
Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
⁵For they will go up by the ascent of ^(F)Luhith
With continual weeping;
For at the descent of Horonaim
They have heard the ^[c]anguished cry of destruction.
⁶^(G)Flee, save yourselves,
So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
⁷For because of your ^(H)trust in your own achievements and treasures,
You yourself will also be captured;
And ^(I)Chemosh will go off into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
⁸A destroyer will come to every city,
So that no city will escape;
The valley also will be ruined
And the ^(J)plateau will be destroyed,
As the Lord has said.
⁹Give ^[d]^(K)wings to Moab,
For she will ^[e]flee away;
And her cities will become a ^(L)desolation,
Without inhabitants in them.
¹⁰^(M)Cursed is the one who does the Lord’s work ^(N)negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his ^(O)sword from blood.

¹¹“Moab has been ^(P)at ease since his youth;
He has also been ^(Q)peaceful, like wine on ^[f]its dregs,
And he has not been ^(R)poured from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into exile.
Therefore ^[g]he retains his flavor,
And his aroma has not changed.

¹²Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will pour out his vessels and smash ^[h]his jars. ¹³And Moab will be ^(S)ashamed of ^(T)Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(U)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴How can you say, ‘We are ^(V)warriors,
And men competent for battle’?
¹⁵Moab has been destroyed and ^[i]men have gone up to ^[j]his cities;
His choicest ^[k]^(W)young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”
Declares the ^(X)King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
¹⁶“The disaster of Moab will ^(Y)soon come,
And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
¹⁷Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
And all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How the mighty ^[l]^(Z)scepter has been broken,
A staff of splendor!’
¹⁸^(AA)Come down from your glory
And sit on the parched ground,
O ^(AB)daughter living in ^(AC)Dibon,
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.
¹⁹Stand by the road and keep watch,
You inhabitant of ^(AD)Aroer;
^(AE)Ask him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab has been put to shame, for it has been ^[m]shattered.
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the ^(AF)Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.

²¹“Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, ^(AG)Jahzah, and against ^(AH)Mephaath, ²²against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and ^(AI)Beth-meon, ²⁴against ^(AJ)Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. ²⁵The ^(AK)horn of Moab has been cut off, and his ^(AL)arm broken,” declares the Lord. ²⁶“^(AM)Make him drunk, for he has ^[n]become ^(AN)arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will ^[o]vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. ²⁷Now was Israel not a ^(AO)laughingstock to you? Or was he ^[p]^(AP)caught among thieves? For whenever you speak about him you ^(AQ)shake your head in scorn.

²⁸Leave the cities and live among the ^(AR)rocky cliffs,
You inhabitants of Moab,
And be like a ^(AS)dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
²⁹^(AT)We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—
Of his haughtiness, his ^(AU)pride, his arrogance, and ^[q]his self-exaltation.
³⁰I know his ^(AV)fury,” declares the Lord,
“But it is futile;
His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
³¹Therefore I will ^(AW)wail for Moab,
For all of Moab I will cry out;
^[r]I will moan for the men of ^(AX)Kir-heres.
³²More than the ^(AY)weeping for ^(AZ)Jazer
I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!
Your tendrils stretched across the sea,
They reached to the sea of Jazer;
Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest
The destroyer has fallen.
³³So ^(BA)joy and rejoicing are removed
From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab.
And I have ^(BB)eliminated the wine from the wine presses;
No one will tread them with shouting,
The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

³⁴^(BC)From the outcry at Heshbon to ^(BD)Elealeh, to Jahaz they have ^[s]raised their voice, from ^(BE)Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. ³⁵And I will put an end to Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offers sacrifice on the ^(BF)high place and the one who ^[t]^(BG)burns incense to his gods.

³⁶“Therefore My ^(BH)heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have ^(BI)lost the abundance it produced. ³⁷For ^(BJ)every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and ^(BK)sackcloth around the waists. ³⁸On all the ^(BL)housetops of Moab and in its public squares ^[u]there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable ^(BM)vessel,” declares the Lord. ³⁹“How ^[v]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an ^(BN)object of terror to all around him.”

⁴⁰For this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, one will ^(BO)fly swiftly like an eagle
And ^(BP)spread out his wings against Moab.
⁴¹Kerioth has been captured
And the strongholds have been seized,
So the ^(BQ)hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day
Will be like the heart of a ^(BR)woman in labor.
⁴²Moab will be ^(BS)destroyed from being a people
Because he has ^[w]become ^(BT)arrogant toward the Lord.
⁴³^(BU)Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you,
Inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.
⁴⁴“The one who ^(BV)flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,
The year of their ^(BW)punishment,” declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
The fugitives stand without strength;
For a fire has spread out from Heshbon
And a ^(BX)flame from the midst of ^(BY)Sihon,
And it has devoured the ^(BZ)forehead of Moab
And the scalps of the ^[x]loud revelers.
⁴⁶^(CA)Woe to you, Moab!
The people of ^(CB)Chemosh have perished;
For your sons have been taken away captive,
And your daughters into captivity.
⁴⁷Yet I will ^(CC)restore the fortunes of Moab
In the ^[y]latter days,” declares the Lord.

This is the extent of the judgment on Moab.

Prophecy against Ammon

49 Concerning the sons of ^(CD)Ammon. This is what the Lord says:

“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has ^[z]Malcam taken possession of Gad,
And his people settled in its cities?
²Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will cause an alarm of ^(CE)war to be heard
Against ^(CF)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her ^(CG)towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take ^(CH)possession of his possessors,”
Says the Lord.
³“Wail, ^(CI)Heshbon, for ^(CJ)Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, daughters of Rabbah,
^(CK)Put on sackcloth and mourn,
And move about inside the walls;
For ^[aa]Malcam will ^(CL)go into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
⁴How you ^(CM)boast about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
You ^(CN)backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her ^(CO)treasures, saying,
‘^(CP)Who can come against me?’
⁵Behold, I am going to bring ^(CQ)terror upon you,”
Declares the Lord ^[ab]God of armies,
“From all directions around you;
And you will be ^(CR)driven away ^[ac]one after another,
With no one to gather the ^(CS)fugitives together.
⁶But afterward I will ^(CT)restore
The fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the Lord.

Prophecy against Edom

⁷Concerning ^(CU)Edom.
This is what the Lord of armies says:
“Is there no longer any ^(CV)wisdom in ^(CW)Teman?
Has good advice been lost by the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of ^(CX)Dedan,
For I ^[ad]will bring the ^(CY)disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I ^[ae]punish him.
⁹^(CZ)If grape pickers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only what was sufficient for them.
¹⁰But I have ^(DA)stripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His ^[af]offspring have been destroyed along with his ^[ag]brothers
And his neighbors, and ^(DB)he no longer exists.
¹¹Leave your ^[ah]^(DC)orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your ^(DD)widows trust in Me.”

¹²For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, those ^[ai]who were not sentenced to drink the ^(DE)cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held ^(DF)completely blameless? You will not be held blameless, but you will certainly drink it. ¹³For I have ^(DG)sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that ^(DH)Bozrah will become an ^(DI)object of horror, a disgrace, a wasteland, and a curse; and all its cities will become permanent ruins.”

¹⁴I have ^(DJ)heard a message from the Lord,
And a ^(DK)messenger is being sent among the nations, saying,
“^(DL)Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
¹⁵“For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among people.
¹⁶As for the terror you cause,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of ^[aj]the ^(DM)rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^(DN)high as an eagle’s,
I will ^(DO)bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

¹⁷“Edom will become an ^(DP)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will ^[ak]^(DQ)hiss at all its wounds. ¹⁸Like the ^(DR)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “^(DS)no one will live there, nor will ^[al]anyone of mankind reside in it. ¹⁹^(DT)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ^(DU)thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is ^(DV)chosen. For who is ^(DW)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ^(DX)who can stand against Me?”

²⁰Therefore hear the ^(DY)plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has in mind against the inhabitants of Teman: they will certainly drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; He will certainly make their pasture ^(DZ)desolate because of them. ²¹The ^(EA)earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the ^[am]Red Sea. ²²Behold, ^[an]He will mount up and ^(EB)swoop like an eagle, and spread out His wings ^[ao]against Bozrah; and the ^(EC)hearts of the warriors of Edom on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Prophecy against Damascus

²³Concerning ^(ED)Damascus:
“^(EE)Hamath and ^(EF)Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They ^(EG)despair.
There is anxiety at the sea,
It ^(EH)cannot be calmed.
²⁴Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
^(EI)Distress and labor pains have seized her
Like a woman in childbirth.
²⁵How the ^(EJ)city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
²⁶Therefore, her ^(EK)young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord of armies.
²⁷“I will ^(EL)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the fortified palace of ^(EM)Ben-hadad.”

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

²⁸Concerning ^(EN)Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says:

“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the ^[ap]^(EO)people of the east.
²⁹They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent ^(EP)curtains, all their goods and their ^(EQ)camels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘^(ER)Horror on every side!’
³⁰Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;
“For ^(ES)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you
And devised a scheme against you.
³¹Arise, go up against a nation which is ^(ET)at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.
“It has ^(EU)no gates or bars;
They ^(EV)dwell alone.
³²Their camels will become plunder,
And their many livestock for spoils,
And I will ^(EW)scatter to all the winds those who ^(EX)cut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.
³³“Hazor will become a ^(EY)haunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will ^[aq]anyone of mankind reside in it.”

Prophecy against Elam

³⁴The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning ^(EZ)Elam, ^(FA)at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

³⁵“This is what the Lord of armies says:
‘Behold, I am going to ^(FB)break the bow of Elam,
The ^[ar]finest of their might.
³⁶I will bring upon Elam the ^(FC)four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will ^(FD)scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
³⁷So I will ^[as]shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will ^(FE)bring disaster upon them,
Even My ^(FF)fierce anger,’ declares the Lord,
‘And I will ^(FG)send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
³⁸Then I will set My throne in Elam,
And eliminate from there the king and officials,’
Declares the Lord.
³⁹‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will ^(FH)restore the fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares the Lord.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 48:1 Or dismayed
Jeremiah 48:2 Heb Madmen; i.e., a city of Moab
Jeremiah 48:5 Lit distresses of outcry
Jeremiah 48:9 Or salt
Jeremiah 48:9 Or fall in ruins
Jeremiah 48:11 Lit his
Jeremiah 48:11 Lit his flavor has stayed in him
Jeremiah 48:12 Lit their
Jeremiah 48:15 Lit one has
Jeremiah 48:15 Lit her
Jeremiah 48:15 I.e., warriors
Jeremiah 48:17 Or rod
Jeremiah 48:20 Or dismayed
Jeremiah 48:26 Or magnified himself against
Jeremiah 48:26 Lit vomit in his vomit
Jeremiah 48:27 Or found
Jeremiah 48:29 Lit elevation of his heart
Jeremiah 48:31 Another reading is He
Jeremiah 48:34 Lit given forth
Jeremiah 48:35 Or offers up in smoke
Jeremiah 48:38 Lit all of it is mourning
Jeremiah 48:39 Or terrified
Jeremiah 48:42 Or magnified himself against
Jeremiah 48:45 Lit sons of uproar
Jeremiah 48:47 Lit end of the days
Jeremiah 49:1 In 1 Kin 11:5, 33 and Zeph 1:5, Milcom
Jeremiah 49:3 See note v 1
Jeremiah 49:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Jeremiah 49:5 Lit each one before him
Jeremiah 49:8 Or brought
Jeremiah 49:8 Or punished
Jeremiah 49:10 Lit seed
Jeremiah 49:10 Or relatives
Jeremiah 49:11 Or fatherless
Jeremiah 49:12 Lit whose judgment was not to
Jeremiah 49:16 Or Sela
Jeremiah 49:17 Or whistle
Jeremiah 49:18 Lit a son of man
Jeremiah 49:21 Lit Sea of Reeds
Jeremiah 49:22 Or one
Jeremiah 49:22 Or over
Jeremiah 49:28 Lit sons
Jeremiah 49:33 Lit a son of man
Jeremiah 49:35 Lit first
Jeremiah 49:37 Or dismay

Hebrews 7

New American Standard Bible

Melchizedek’s Priesthood like Christ’s

7 For this ^(A)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the ^(B)Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ²to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. ³Without father, without mother, ^(C)without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like ^(D)the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

⁴Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the ^(E)patriarch, ^(F)gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. ⁵And those indeed of ^(G)the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment ^[a]in the Law to collect ^[b]a tenth from the people, that is, from their countrymen, although they ^[c]are descended from Abraham. ⁶But the one ^(H)whose genealogy is not traced from them ^(I)collected ^[d]a tenth from Abraham and ^[e]^(J)blessed the one who ^(K)had the promises. ⁷But without any dispute the lesser person is blessed by the greater. ⁸In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, ^(L)of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. ⁹And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, has paid tithes, ¹⁰for he was still in the loins of his ^[f]forefather when Melchizedek met him.

¹¹^(M)So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it ^(N)the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise ^(O)according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron? ¹²For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also. ¹³For ^(P)the one about whom ^(Q)these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. ¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord ^[g]was ^(R)descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses said nothing concerning priests. ¹⁵And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, ¹⁶who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of ^[h]^(S)physical requirement, but according to the power of ^(T)an indestructible life. ¹⁷For it is attested of Him,

“^(U)You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁸For, on the one hand, there is the nullification of a former commandment ^(V)because of its weakness and uselessness ¹⁹(for ^(W)the Law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, there is the introduction of a better ^(X)hope, through which we ^(Y)come near to God. ²⁰And to the extent that it was not without an oath ²¹(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,

“^(Z)The Lord has sworn
And ^(AA)will not change His mind,
‘You are a priest ^(AB)forever’”);

²²by the same extent Jesus also has become the ^[i]^(AC)guarantee of ^(AD)a better covenant.

²³^[j]The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing; ²⁴^[k]Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues ^(AE)forever, holds His priesthood permanently. ²⁵Therefore He is also able to ^(AF)save ^[l]forever those who ^(AG)come to God through Him, since He always lives to ^(AH)make intercession for them.

²⁶For it was fitting for us to have such a ^(AI)high priest, ^(AJ)holy, ^(AK)innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and ^(AL)exalted above the heavens; ²⁷who has no daily need, like those high priests, to ^(AM)offer up sacrifices, ^(AN)first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this ^(AO)once for all time when He ^(AP)offered up Himself. ²⁸For the Law appoints men as high priests ^(AQ)who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints ^(AR)a Son, who has been ^(AS)made perfect forever.