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41 The towns of Moab will be captured,
    and the ·strong, walled cities [fortresses] will be ·defeated [seized].
·At that time [L On that day] ·Moab’s warriors will be frightened, [L the heart of Moab’s warriors will be]
    like ·a [L the heart of a] woman who is ·having a baby [in labor].
42 The nation of Moab will be destroyed,
    because they ·thought they were greater than [magnified themselves over] the Lord.
43 Fear, deep pits, and traps wait for you,
    people of Moab,” says the Lord.

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41 Kerioth[a](A) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(B)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(C)
42 Moab will be destroyed(D) as a nation(E)
    because she defied(F) the Lord.
43 Terror(G) and pit and snare(H) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities