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Jeremiah 48:1

Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

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ASV

Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

KJV

Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְמוֹאָ֡בle.mo.'Avof MoabH4124 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַר֩'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
ה֤וֹיHowoe!H1945 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
נְבוֹ֙ne.VoNeboH5015 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
שֻׁדָּ֔דָהshu.Da.dahit will be devastatedH7703 →
הֹבִ֥ישָׁהho.Vi.shahit will be put to shameH954 →
נִלְכְּדָ֖הnil.ke.Dahit will be capturedH3920 →
קִרְיָתָ֑יִםkir.ya.Ta.yimKiriathaimH7156 →
הֹבִ֥ישָׁהho.Vi.shahit will be put to shameH954 →
הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖בha.mis.Gavthe strongholdH4869 →
וָחָֽתָּה׃va.Cha.tahand it will be shatteredH2865 →

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Numbers 32:37–38The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,Jeremiah 48:22–23upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.Isaiah 15:1–9This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;Ezekiel 25:8–11This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”Amos 2:1–2This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.Jeremiah 48:23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.Zephaniah 2:8–11“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.2 Chronicles 20:10And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.Numbers 33:47They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.Isaiah 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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