There is no longer praise for Moab;
In (A)Heshbon they have devised disaster against her:
‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’
You too, [a]Madmen, will be silenced;
The sword will follow you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:2 Heb Madmen; i.e., a city of Moab

Moab will be praised(A) no more;
    in Heshbon[a](B) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(C)
You, the people of Madmen,[b] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
  2. Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.