39 They shall howl, saying, How is he destroyed? how hath Moab turned the back with shame? so shall Moab be a derision, and a fear to all them about him.

40 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, [a]he shall flee as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

41 The cities are taken, and the strongholds are won, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in travail.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:40 That is, Nebuchadnezzar, as Jer. 49:22.

39 “How shattered(A) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(B)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

40 This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping(C) down,
    spreading its wings(D) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[a](E) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(F)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities