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Jeremiah 48:27-33
The Message
Jeremiah 48:27-33
The Message
The Sheer Nothingness of Moab
26-27 “Turn Moab into a drunken lush, drunk on the wine of my wrath, a dung-faced drunk, filling the country with vomit—Moab a falling-down drunk, a joke in bad taste. Wasn’t it you, Moab, who made crude jokes over Israel? And when they were caught in bad company, didn’t you cluck and gossip and snicker?
28 “Leave town! Leave! Look for a home in the cliffs,
you who grew up in Moab.
Try living like a dove
who nests high in the river gorge.
29-33 “We’ve all heard of Moab’s pride,
that legendary pride,
The strutting, bullying, puffed-up pride,
the insufferable arrogance.
I know”—God’s Decree—“his rooster-crowing pride,
the inflated claims, the sheer nothingness of Moab.
But I will weep for Moab,
yes, I will mourn for the people of Moab.
I will even mourn for the people of Kir-heres.
I’ll weep for the grapevines of Sibmah
and join Jazer in her weeping—
Grapevines that once reached the Dead Sea
with tendrils as far as Jazer.
Your summer fruit and your bursting grapes
will be looted by brutal plunderers,
Lush Moab stripped
of song and laughter.
And yes, I’ll shut down the winepresses,
stop all the shouts and hurrahs of harvest.
Jeremiah 48:27-33
New International Version
Jeremiah 48:27-33
New International Version
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(A)
Was she caught among thieves,(B)
that you shake your head(C) in scorn(D)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(E) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(F)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(G)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(H) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(I) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(J) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(K)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(L) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(M)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[a];
they reached as far as[b] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(N) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(O)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
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