13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. 14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’? 15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 48:13–15
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Numbers 21:28–30
28 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. 29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king…
Jeremiah 48:24–26
24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near. 25 The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD. 26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he w…
Jeremiah 48:38–40
38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD. 39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule a…
Jeremiah 48:45–47
45 “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult. 46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for…
Jeremiah 48:19–21
19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’ 20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21 Judgment has come upon the high plai…
Jeremiah 46:14–16
14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’ 15 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them do…
Jeremiah 48:6–8
6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’ 7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials. 8 The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town…
Jeremiah 48:1–3
1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. 2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they dev…
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