(A)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;[a]
for (B)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry[b] of destruction.
Flee! Save yourselves!
    You will be like (C)a juniper in the desert!
For, (D)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and (E)Chemosh (F)shall go into exile
    with (G)his priests and his officials.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:5 Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
  2. Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry

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