Jeremiah 48:43-45

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴³ This is what the Lord says:
    “People of Moab, fear, deep holes, and traps^[a] wait for you.
⁴⁴ People will be afraid and run away,
    and they will fall into the deep holes.
Anyone who climbs out of the deep holes
    will be caught in the traps.
I will bring the year of punishment to Moab.”
    This is what the Lord said.

⁴⁵ “People have run from the powerful enemy.
    They ran to safety in the town of Heshbon.
But a fire started in Heshbon.
    That fire started in Sihon’s town,^[b]
and it is destroying the leaders of Moab.
    It is destroying those proud people.