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Jeremiah 48
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Jeremiah 48
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A Message About Moab(A)
48 Concerning Moab:(B)
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,(C) for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim(D) will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold[a] will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised(E) no more;
in Heshbon[b](F) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(G)
You, the people of Madmen,[c] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(H)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[d]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,(I)
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(J)
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!(K) Run for your lives;
become like a bush[e] in the desert.(L)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(M)
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(N) will go into exile,(O)
together with his priests and officials.(P)
8 The destroyer(Q) will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau(R) destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9 Put salt(S) on Moab,
for she will be laid waste[f];(T)
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(U) from bloodshed!(V)
11 “Moab has been at rest(W) from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,(X)
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(Y) of Chemosh,(Z)
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.(AA)
14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,(AB)
men valiant in battle’?
15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men(AC) will go down in the slaughter,(AD)”
declares the King,(AE) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(AF)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;(AG)
her calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;(AH)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(AI)
how broken the glorious staff!’
18 “Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,(AJ)
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(AK)
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.(AL)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.(AM)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail(AN) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(AO)
that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(AP)—
to Holon,(AQ) Jahzah(AR) and Mephaath,(AS)
22 to Dibon,(AT) Nebo(AU) and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim,(AV) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(AW)
24 to Kerioth(AX) and Bozrah(AY)—
to all the towns(AZ) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[g](BA) is cut off;
her arm(BB) is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26 “Make her drunk,(BC)
for she has defied(BD) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(BE)
let her be an object of ridicule.(BF)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(BG)
Was she caught among thieves,(BH)
that you shake your head(BI) in scorn(BJ)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(BK) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(BL)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(BM)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(BN) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(BO) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(BP) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(BQ)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(BR) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(BS)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[h];
they reached as far as[i] 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(BT) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(BU)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34 “The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon(BV) to Elealeh(BW) and Jahaz,(BX)
from Zoar(BY) as far as Horonaim(BZ) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.(CA)
35 In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places(CB)
and burn incense(CC) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(CD) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CE)
The wealth they acquired(CF) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(CG)
and every beard(CH) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(CI)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares(CJ)
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar(CK) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(CL) she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(CM)
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping(CN) down,
spreading its wings(CO) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[j](CP) will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(CQ)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(CR)
42 Moab will be destroyed(CS) as a nation(CT)
because she defied(CU) the Lord.
43 Terror(CV) and pit and snare(CW) await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(CX) from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year(CY) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;(CZ)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls(DA) of the noisy boasters.
46 Woe to you, Moab!(DB)
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore(DC) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
- Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
- Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
Jeremías 48
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Jeremías 48
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Mensaje acerca de Moab
48 Este es el mensaje que se dio con relación a Moab. Esto dice el Señor de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel:
«Qué aflicción le espera a la ciudad de Nebo;
pronto quedará en ruinas.
La ciudad de Quiriataim será humillada y conquistada;
la fortaleza será humillada y derribada.
2 Ya nunca más nadie se jactará de Moab,
porque en Hesbón hay un complot para destruirla.
“Vengan—dicen—, haremos que nunca más sea una nación”.
La ciudad de Madmena[a] también será silenciada;
la espada te seguirá allí.
3 Oigan los gritos que vienen de Horonaim,
gritos de devastación y gran destrucción.
4 Toda Moab está destruida;
sus pequeños clamarán.[b]
5 Sus refugiados lloran amargamente
mientras escalan las colinas de Luhit.
Gritan de terror
mientras bajan la ladera a Horonaim.
6 ¡Huyan por su vida!
¡Escóndanse[c] en el desierto!
7 Puesto que ustedes confiaron en sus riquezas y habilidades,
serán tomados cautivos.
¡Su dios Quemos, con sus sacerdotes y funcionarios,
serán llevados a tierras distantes!
8 »Todas las ciudades serán destruidas
y nadie escapará,
ni en las mesetas ni en los valles,
porque el Señor así lo ha dicho.
9 Oh, si Moab tuviera alas
para que volara lejos,[d]
porque sus ciudades quedarán abandonadas
y nadie vivirá en ellas.
10 ¡Malditos los que se rehúsen a hacer el trabajo del Señor,
los que retengan la espada del derramamiento de sangre!
11 »Desde sus comienzos, Moab ha vivido en paz;
nunca ha ido al destierro.
Es como el vino que se ha dejado reposar.
No ha sido vertida de botella en botella,
por eso es fragante y suave.
12 Pero pronto se acerca el día—dice el Señor—,
cuando enviaré hombres que la viertan de su vasija.
¡Verterán a Moab
y luego destrozarán la vasija!
13 Por fin Moab se avergonzará de su ídolo Quemos,
como el pueblo de Israel se avergonzó de su becerro de oro en Betel.[e]
14 »Ustedes solían jactarse: “Nosotros somos héroes,
hombres valientes de guerra”.
15 Sin embargo, ahora Moab será destruida junto con sus ciudades.
Sus jóvenes más prometedores son condenados a la masacre
—dice el Rey, cuyo nombre es el Señor de los Ejércitos Celestiales—.
16 Pronto se acerca la destrucción de Moab;
se avecina una calamidad amenazante.
17 ¡Amigos de Moab,
lloren y lamenten por esta nación!
¡Miren cómo se ha quebrado el cetro fuerte,
cómo se ha hecho pedazos el hermoso bastón!
18 »Bájense de su gloria
y siéntense en el polvo, gente de Dibón,
porque los que destruyan a Moab también harán pedazos a Dibón.
Ellos derribarán todas sus torres.
19 Habitantes de Aroer,
párense junto al camino y observen.
Griten a los que huyen de Moab:
“¿Qué sucedió allí?”.
20 »Y la contestación que reciben es:
“¡Moab queda en ruinas, deshonrada;
lloren y giman!
Anúncienlo en las orillas del río Arnón:
¡Moab ha sido destruida!”.
21 Se derramó el juicio sobre las ciudades de la meseta,
sobre Holón, Jahaza[f] y Mefaat,
22 sobre Dibón, Nebo y Bet-diblataim,
23 sobre Quiriataim, Bet-gamul y Bet-meón,
24 sobre Queriot y Bosra,
todas las ciudades de Moab, lejanas y cercanas.
25 »El poder de Moab ha llegado a su fin.
Su brazo ha sido quebrado—dice el Señor—.
26 Dejen que se tambalee y caiga como un borracho,
porque se ha rebelado contra el Señor.
Moab se revolcará en su propio vómito
y será ridiculizada por todos.
27 ¿No ridiculizaste tú a los israelitas?
¿Fueron ellos acaso sorprendidos en compañía de ladrones
para que tú los desprecies como lo haces?
28 »Ustedes, habitantes de Moab,
huyan de sus ciudades y vivan en cuevas.
Escóndanse como palomas que anidan
en las hendiduras de las rocas.
29 Todos hemos oído de la soberbia de Moab,
porque su orgullo es muy grande.
Sabemos de su orgullo altanero,
de su arrogancia y de su corazón altivo.
30 Yo conozco su insolencia
—dice el Señor—,
pero sus alardes están vacíos,
tan vacíos como sus hechos.
31 Así que ahora gimo por Moab;
de veras, me lamentaré por Moab.
Mi corazón está quebrantado por los hombres de Kir-hareset.[g]
32 »Pueblo de Sibma, rico en viñedos,
lloraré por ti aún más de lo que lloré por Jazer.
Tus extensas vides en otro tiempo llegaban hasta el mar Muerto,[h]
¡pero el destructor te ha dejado desnudo
y cosechó tus uvas y frutos de verano!
33 El gozo y la alegría desaparecieron de la fructífera Moab;
los lagares no producen vino.
Nadie pisa las uvas dando gritos de alegría.
Hay gritos, sí, pero no de alegría.
34 »En cambio, se pueden oír terribles gritos de terror desde Hesbón hasta Eleale y Jahaza; desde Zoar hasta Horonaim y Eglat-selisiya. Incluso las aguas de Nimrim ya están secas.
35 »Acabaré con Moab—dice el Señor—, porque la gente ofrece sacrificios en los altares paganos y quema incienso a sus dioses falsos. 36 Mi corazón gime como una flauta por Moab y Kir-hareset porque ha desaparecido toda su riqueza. 37 La gente se rapa la cabeza y se afeita la barba en señal de luto. Se hacen cortaduras en las manos y se ponen ropa de tela áspera. 38 Hay llanto y dolor en cada hogar moabita y en cada calle. Pues hice pedazos a Moab como a una vasija vieja y despreciada. 39 ¡Cómo quedó hecha añicos! ¡Escuchen los lamentos! ¡Miren la vergüenza de Moab! Se ha vuelto objeto de burla, ejemplo de ruina para todos sus vecinos».
40 Esto dice el Señor:
«¡Miren! El enemigo cae en picada como un águila,
desplegando sus alas sobre Moab.
41 Sus ciudades caerán
y sus fortalezas serán tomadas.
Aun los guerreros más poderosos
estarán en agonía como mujeres en trabajo de parto.
42 Moab ya no será más una nación
porque se jactó ante el Señor.
43 »Terror, trampas y redes serán tu suerte,
oh Moab—dice el Señor—.
44 Los que huyan en terror caerán en una trampa,
y los que escapen de la trampa serán apresados por una red.
Me aseguraré de que no escapes
porque ha llegado el tiempo de tu juicio
—dice el Señor—.
45 Los habitantes huyen hasta Hesbón,
pero no pueden continuar
porque sale fuego de Hesbón,
la antigua casa de Sehón,
fuego que devora toda la tierra
junto con toda su gente rebelde.
46 »¡Qué aflicción te espera, oh pueblo de Moab!
¡El pueblo del dios Quemos queda destruido!
Tus hijos y tus hijas fueron llevados cautivos.
47 Pero en los días venideros
restableceré el bienestar de Moab.
¡Yo, el Señor, he hablado!».
Aquí termina la profecía de Jeremías acerca de Moab.
Footnotes
- 48:2 Madmena suena como el término hebreo para «silencio».
- 48:4 La versión griega dice sus gritos se oyen desde tan lejos como Zoar.
- 48:6 O Escóndanse como un burro salvaje; o Escóndanse como un arbusto enebro; o Sean como [la ciudad de] Aroer. El significado del hebreo es incierto.
- 48:9 O Pongan sal sobre Moab, / porque será arrasada.
- 48:13 En hebreo se avergonzó cuando confió en Betel.
- 48:21 En hebreo Jaza, una variante de Jahaza.
- 48:31 En hebreo Kir-hares, una variante de Kir-hareset; también en 48:36.
- 48:32 En hebreo mar de Jazer.
Jeremiah 48
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Jeremiah 48
English Standard Version
Judgment on Moab
48 (A)Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to (B)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
(C)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame (D)and broken down;
2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In (E)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off (F)from being a nation!’
You also, O (G)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3 “A voice! A cry from (H)Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 (I)For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;[a]
for (J)at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry[b] of destruction.
6 Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like (K)a juniper in the desert!
7 For, (L)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and (M)Chemosh (N)shall go into exile
with (O)his priests and his officials.
8 (P)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and (Q)the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
9 “Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
10 (R)“Cursed is he who does (S)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 (T)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[c] jars in pieces. 13 Then (U)Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as (V)the house of Israel was ashamed of (W)Bethel, their confidence.
14 “How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
15 The destroyer of (X)Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have (Y)gone down to slaughter,
declares (Z)the King, (AA)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 (AB)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, (AC)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
18 (AD)“Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of (AE)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 (AF)Stand by the way (AG)and watch,
O inhabitant of (AH)Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
(AI)wail and cry!
Tell it beside (AJ)the Arnon,
that (AK)Moab is laid waste.
21 “Judgment has come upon (AL)the tableland, upon Holon, and (AM)Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and (AN)Dibon, and (AO)Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and (AP)Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and (AQ)Beth-meon, 24 and (AR)Kerioth, and (AS)Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 (AT)The horn of Moab is cut off, and (AU)his arm is broken, declares the Lord.
26 (AV)“Make him drunk, (AW)because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall (AX)wallow in his vomit, (AY)and he too shall be held in derision. 27 (AZ)Was not Israel a derision to you? (BA)Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him (BB)you wagged your head?
28 (BC)“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be (BD)like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 (BE)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
(BF)his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 (BG)Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of (BH)Kir-hareseth I mourn.
32 More than for (BI)Jazer I weep for you,
(BJ)O vine of (BK)Sibmah!
(BL)Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of (BM)Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 (BN)Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
34 (BO)“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to (BP)Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in (BQ)the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36 Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of (BR)Kir-hareseth. (BS)Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
37 (BT)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. (BU)On all the hands are gashes, and (BV)around the waist is sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like (BW)a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! (BX)How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab (BY)has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
40 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (BZ)one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
(CA)and spread his wings against Moab;
41 (CB)the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
(CC)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of (CD)a woman in her birth pains;
42 Moab shall be (CE)destroyed and be no longer a people,
because (CF)he magnified himself against the Lord.
43 (CG)Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
(CH)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed (CI)the forehead of Moab,
the crown of (CJ)the sons of tumult.
46 (CK)Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of (CL)Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 (CM)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:5 Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
- Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry
- Jeremiah 48:12 Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their
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