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Jeremiah 48

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 48 of 52

1 So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, against Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is put to shame and captured. The fortress is put to shame and shattered.

2 Moab shall not still be praised. In Heshbon they have plotted evil against it, saying, Come and let us cut it off as a nation. And you shall be silenced, O madmen; a sword will go after you,

3 a voice of crying from Horonaim, plundering and great ruin!

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Chapter Summary

The judgment of Moab, for their pride, for their carnal confidence, and for their contempt of Jehovah and His people. The restoration of Moab.

Key Hebrew Words

מִהֲרָ֖ה acquire by paying purchase-price H4116 · TWOT 1153
מְצֵרָֽה shew hostility toward H6887 · TWOT 1974
שֻׁדָּ֔דָה deal violently with H7703 · TWOT 2331
שֹׁ֖ד violence H7701 · TWOT 2331a
צעורי little H6810 · TWOT 1948a

People & Context

Oracle of Desolation Against Moab

God pronounces absolute destruction on the cities of Moab (Nebo, Heshbon, Kiriathaim). Moab's ease from its youth is shattered, its idol Chemosh goes …

Future Restoration of Moab

Jehovah briefly promises to restore the prisoners of Moab in the end of the days.

Timeline

Oracle of Desolation Against Moab

God pronounces absolute destruction on the cities of Moab (Nebo, Heshbon, Kiriathaim). Moab's ease from its youth is shattered, its idol Chemosh goes into exile, and the nation is made a mockery and a broken vessel.

Jeremiah 48:1-46
Future Restoration of Moab

Jehovah briefly promises to restore the prisoners of Moab in the end of the days.

Jeremiah 48:47

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