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48 Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

“Woe to Nebo!
    For it is laid waste.
Kiriathaim is disappointed.
    It is taken.
Misgab[a] is put to shame
    and broken down.
The praise of Moab is no more.
    In Heshbon they have devised evil against her:
    ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’
You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence.
    The sword will pursue you.

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Footnotes

  1. 48:1 or, The stronghold

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.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
  2. Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
  3. Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.