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JER EM IAH 48
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trust in him. 26 I will hand them over to those
who want them killed—to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his army. But afterward the
land will recover from the ravages of war. I, the
Lord, have spoken!
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“But do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel.
For I will bring you home again from distant
lands,
and your children will return from their
exile.
Israel* will return to a life of peace and
quiet,
and no one will terrorize them.
Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you,” says the Lord.
“I will completely destroy the nations
to which I have exiled you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”
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“Now, O sword of the Lord,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
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“But how can it be still
when the Lord has sent it on a mission?
For the city of Ashkelon
and the people living along the sea
must be destroyed.”
A Message about Moab
This message was given concerning
Moab. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s
Armies, the God of Israel, says:
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A Message about Philistia
This is the Lord’s message to the prophet
Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of
Gaza, before it was captured by the Egyptian
army. 2 This is what the Lord says:
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“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it—
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.
Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves
and the rumble of wheels as the chariots
rush by.
Terrified fathers run madly,
without a backward glance at their
helpless children.
“The time has come for the Philistines to
be destroyed,
along with their allies from Tyre and
Sidon.
Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant
of the Philistines,
those colonists from the island of Crete.*
Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved
bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean
coast,*
how long will you cut yourselves in
mourning?
46:27 Hebrew Jacob. See note on 5:20. 47:4 Hebrew from
Caphtor. 47:5 Hebrew the plain. 48:2 Madmen sounds like
the Hebrew word for “silence”; it should not be confused with
the English word madmen. 48:4 Greek version reads Her
cries are heard as far away as Zoar. 48:6 Or Hide like a wild
donkey; or Hide like a juniper shrub; or Be like [the town of]
Aroer. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 48:9 Or Put
salt on Moab, / for she will be laid waste.
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“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;
it will soon lie in ruins.
The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated
and captured;
the fortress will be humiliated and
broken down.
No one will ever brag about Moab again,
for in Heshbon there is a plot to
destroy her.
‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from
being a nation.’
The town of Madmen,* too, will be
silenced;
the sword will follow you there.
Listen to the cries from Horonaim,
cries of devastation and great destruction.
All Moab is destroyed.
Her little ones will cry out.*
Her refugees weep bitterly,
climbing the slope to Luhith.
They cry out in terror,
descending the slope to Horonaim.
Flee for your lives!
Hide* in the wilderness!
Because you have trusted in your wealth
and skill,
you will be taken captive.
Your god Chemosh, with his priests and
officials,
will be hauled off to distant lands!
“All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape—
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the Lord has spoken.
Oh, that Moab had wings
so she could fly away,*
for her towns will be left empty,
with no one living in them.
Cursed are those who refuse to do the
Lord’s work,
who hold back their swords from
shedding blood!
“From his earliest history, Moab has lived
in peace,
never going into exile.