17 “I(A) see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near;
(B)A Star shall come out of Jacob;
(C)A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And [a]batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of [b]tumult.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 shatter the forehead
  2. Numbers 24:17 Heb. Sheth, Jer. 48:45

Proclamation Against Moab

15 The (A)burden[a] against Moab.

Because in the night (B)Ar of (C)Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,
Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 15:1 oracle, prophecy

10 For on this mountain the hand of the Lord will rest,
And (A)Moab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.

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21 (A)Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon;

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and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Judgment on Moab

48 Against (A)Moab.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to (B)Nebo!
For it is plundered,
(C)Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
[a]The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed—

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:1 Heb. Misgab

Proclamation Against Moab

‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because (A)Moab and (B)Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’

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Therefore, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely (A)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And (B)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
(C)Overrun[a] with weeds and saltpits,
And a [b]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
  2. Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin

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