Jeremiah 47:1-48:13

New International Version

“See how the waters are rising in the north;^(C)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail^(D)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots^(E)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.^(F)
4 For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(G) and Sidon.^(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(I)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[a](J)
5 Gaza will shave^(K) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon^(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut^(M) yourselves?

⁶ “‘Alas, sword^(N) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(O)
7 But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(P)

“Woe to Nebo,^(S) for it will be ruined.
    Kiriathaim^(T) will be disgraced and captured;
    the stronghold^[b] will be disgraced and shattered.
² Moab will be praised^(U) no more;
    in Heshbon^[c](V) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(W)
You, the people of Madmen,^[d] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.
³ Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,^(X)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
⁴ Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.^[e]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,^(Y)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim^(Z)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
⁶ Flee!^(AA) Run for your lives;
    become like a bush^[f] in the desert.^(AB)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,^(AC)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh^(AD) will go into exile,^(AE)
    together with his priests and officials.^(AF)
8 The destroyer^(AG) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau^(AH) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
⁹ Put salt^(AI) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste^[g];^(AJ)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

¹⁰ “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword^(AK) from bloodshed!^(AL)

¹¹ “Moab has been at rest^(AM) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,^(AN)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.
¹² But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.
¹³ Then Moab will be ashamed^(AO) of Chemosh,^(AP)
    as Israel was ashamed
    when they trusted in Bethel.^(AQ)