3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ 4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. 5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
Jeremiah 48:3–5
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7 So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. 8 For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. 9 The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon…
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 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 48:30–32
30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds. 31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. 32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for…
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Jeremiah 48:15–17
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