Jeremiah 48:10-18

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)“Cursed is he who does ^(B)the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

¹¹“Moab has been at ease from his youth
    and has ^(C)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.

¹²“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his^[a] jars in pieces. ¹³Then ^(D)Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as ^(E)the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(F)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴“How do you say, ‘We are heroes
    and mighty men of war’?
¹⁵The destroyer of ^(G)Moab and his cities has come up,
    and the choicest of his young men have ^(H)gone down to slaughter,
    declares ^(I)the King, ^(J)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
    and his affliction hastens swiftly.
¹⁷^(K)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ^(L)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

¹⁸^(M)“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of ^(N)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.