Jeremiah 48:39-41

International Children’s Bible

³⁹“Moab is shattered! The people are crying!
Moab turns away in shame!
People all around her make fun of her.
The things that happened fill them with fear.”

⁴⁰This is what the Lord says:
    “Look! An eagle is diving down from the sky.
    It spreads its wings over Moab.
⁴¹The towns of Moab will be captured.
    The strong, walled cities will be defeated.
At that time Moab’s warriors will be frightened.
    They will feel pain like a woman who is having a baby.

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Jeremiah 48:39-41

New International Version

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.”

⁴⁰This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping^(C) down,
    spreading its wings^(D) over Moab.
⁴¹Kerioth^[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

Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities

Jeremiah 48:39-41

King James Version

³⁹They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

⁴⁰For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

⁴¹Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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