Jeremiah 48

lemo'av koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el hoy el-nevo ki shuddadah hovishah nilkedah qiryatayim hovishah hammisgav vakhattah

Concerning Moab. Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Alas, that Nebo should be ravaged, Kiriathaim captured and shamed, The stronghold shamed and dismayed!

en od tehillat mo'av bekheshbon khashevu aleha ra'ah lekhu venakhritennah miggoy gam-madmen tiddommi akharayikh telekh kharev

Moab’s glory is no more; In Heshbon they have planned evil against her: “Come, let us make an end of her as a nation!” You too, O Madmen, shall be silenced; The sword is following you.

qol tse'aqah mekhoronayim shod vashever gadol

Hark! an outcry from Horonaim, Destruction and utter ruin!

nishberah mo'av hishmi'u ze'aqah (tsvryh) [tse'ireha]

Moab is broken; Her young ones cry aloud;

ki ma'aleh (hlkhvt) [hallukhit] bivkhi ya'aleh-bbekhi ki bemorad khoronayim tsare tsa'aqat-shever shame'u

They climb to Luhith Weeping continually; On the descent to Horonaim A distressing cry of anguish is heard:

nusu malletu nafshekhem vetihyenah ka'aro'er bammidbar

Flee, save your lives! And be like Aroer in the desert.

ki ya'an bitkhekh bema'asayikh uve'otserotayikh gam-at tillakhedi veyatsa (khmysh) [khemosh] baggolah kohanayw vesarayw (ykhd) [yakhdayw]

Surely, because of your trust In your wealth and in your treasures, You too shall be captured. And Chemosh shall go forth to exile, Together with his priests and attendants.

veyavo shoded el-kol-ir ve'ir lo timmalet ve'avad ha'emeq venishmad hammishor asher amar Adonai

The ravager shall come to every town; No town shall escape. The valley shall be devastated And the tableland laid waste —because GOD has spoken.

tenu-tsits lemo'av ki natso tetse ve'areha leshammah tihyenah me'en yoshev bahen

Give wings to Moab, For she must go hence. Her towns shall become desolate, With no one living in them.

arur oseh melekhet Adonai remiyyah ve'arur monea kharbo middam

Cursed be he who is slack in doing GOD’s work! Cursed be he who withholds his sword from blood!

sha'anan mo'av minne'urayw veshoqet hu el-shemarayw velo-huraq mikkeli el-keli uvaggolah lo halakh al-ken amad tamo bo verekho lo namar

Moab has been secure from his youth on— He is settled on his lees And has not been poured from vessel to vessel— He has never gone into exile. Therefore his fine flavor has remained And his bouquet is unspoiled.

lakhen hinneh-yamim ba'im ne'um-Adonai veshillakhti-lo tso'im vetse'uhu vekhelayw yariqu venivlehem yenappetsu

But days are coming—declares GOD—when I will send to him those who will decant him; they shall empty his vessels and smash his jars.

uvosh mo'av mikkemosh ka'asher-boshu bet yisra'el mibbet el mivtekham

And Moab shall be shamed because of Chemosh, as the House of Israel were shamed because of Bethel, on whom they relied.

ekh tomeru gibborim anakhenu ve'anshe-khayil lammilkhamah

How can you say: We are warriors, Valiant men for war?

shuddad mo'av ve'areha alah umivkhar bakhurayw yaredu lattavakh ne'um-hammelekh Adonai tseva'ot shemo

Moab is ravaged, His towns have been entered, His choice young men Have gone down to the slaughter —declares the King whose name is GOD of Hosts.

qarov ed-mo'av lavo vera'ato miharah me'od

The doom of Moab is coming close, His downfall is approaching swiftly.

nudu lo kol-sevivayw vekhol yode'e shemo imru ekhah nishbar matteh-oz maqqel tifarah

Condole with him, all who live near him, All you who know him by name! Say: “Alas, the strong rod is broken, The lordly staff!”

redi mikkavod (yshvy) [ushevi] vatsama yoshevet bat-divon ki-shoded mo'av alah vakh shikhet mivtsarayikh

Descend from glory And sit in thirst, O inhabitant of Fair Dibon; For the ravager of Moab has entered your town, He has destroyed your fortresses.

el-derekh imdi vetsappi yoshevet aro'er sha'ali-nas venimlatah imri mah-nnihyatah

Stand by the road and look out, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask of him who is fleeing And of her who is escaping: Say, “What has happened?”

hovish mo'av ki-khattah (hylyly vzqy) [helilu uze'aqu] haggidu ve'arnon ki shuddad mo'av

Moab is shamed and dismayed; Howl and cry aloud! Tell at the Arnon That Moab is ravaged!

umishpat ba el-erets hammishor el-kholon ve'el-yahtsah ve'al-(mvft) [mefa'at]

Judgment has come upon the tableland—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath;

ve'al-divon ve'al-nevo ve'al-bet divlatayim

upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim;

ve'al qiryatayim ve'al-bet gamul ve'al-bet me'on

upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon;

ve'al-qeriyyot ve'al-botsrah ve'al kol-are erets mo'av harekhoqot vehaqqerovot

upon Kerioth and Bozrah—upon all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.

nigde'ah qeren mo'av uzero'o nishbarah ne'um Adonai

The might of Moab has been cut down, His strength is broken —declares GOD.

hashkiruhu ki al-Adonai higdil vesafaq mo'av beqi'o vehayah liskhoq gam-hu

Get him drunk For he vaunted himself against GOD. Moab shall vomit till he is drained, And he too shall be a laughingstock.

ve'im lo hassekhoq hayah lekha yisra'el im-begannavim (nmtsh) [nimtsa] ki-midde devarekha bo titnodad

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever caught among thieves, That you should shake your head Whenever you speak of him?

izvu arim veshikhnu vassela yosheve mo'av vihyu kheyonah teqannen be'evre fi-fakhat

Desert the cities And dwell in the crags, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like a dove that nests In the sides of a pit.

shamanu ge'on-mo'av ge'eh me'od govho uge'ono vega'avato verum libbo

We have heard of Moab’s pride— Most haughty is he— Of his arrogance and pride, His haughtiness and self-exaltation.

ani yadati ne'um-Adonai evrato velo-khen baddayw lo-khen asu

I know his insolence—declares GOD—the wickedness that is in him, the wickedness he has committed.

al-ken al-mo'av ayelil ulemo'av kulloh ezaq el-anshe qir-kheres yehgeh

Therefore I will howl for Moab, I will cry out for all Moab, I will moan for the people of Kir-heres.

mibbekhi yazer evkeh-llakh haggefen sivmah netishotayikh averu yam ad yam yazer naga'u al-qetsekh ve'al-betsirekh shoded nafal

With greater weeping than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, Whose tendrils crossed the sea, Reached to the sea, to Jazer. A ravager has come down Upon your fig and grape harvests.

vene'esfah simkhah vagil mikkarmel ume'erets mo'av veyayin miqavim hishbatti lo-yidrokh hedad hedad lo hedad

Rejoicing and gladness Are gone from the farmland, From the country of Moab; I have put an end to wine in the presses, No one treads [the grapes] with shouting— The shout is a shout no more.

mizza'aqat kheshbon ad-elaleh ad-yahats natenu qolam mitso'ar ad-khoronayim eglat shelishiyyah ki gam-me nimrim limshammot yihyu

There is an outcry from Heshbon to Elealeh, They raise their voices as far as Jahaz, From Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiah. The Waters of Nimrim Shall also become desolation.

vehishbatti lemo'av ne'um-Adonai ma'aleh vamah umaqtir lelohayw

And I will make an end in Moab —declares GOD— Of those who offer at a shrine And burn incense to their god.

al-ken libbi lemo'av kakhalilim yehemeh velibbi el-anshe qir-kheres kakhalilim yehemeh al-ken yitrat asah avadu

Therefore, My heart moans for Moab like a flute; Like a flute my heart moans For the people of Kir-heres— Therefore, The gains they have made shall vanish—

ki khol-rosh qorkhah vekhol-zaqan geru'ah al kol-yadayim gedudot ve'al-motnayim saq

For every head is bald And every beard is shorn; On all hands there are gashes, And on the loins sackcloth.

al kol-gaggot mo'av uvirkhovoteha kulloh misped ki-shavarti et-mo'av kikhli en-khefets bo ne'um-Adonai

On all the roofs of Moab, And in its squares There is naught but lamentation; For I have broken Moab Like a vessel no one wants —declares GOD.

ekh khattah helilu ekh hifnah-oref mo'av bosh vehayah mo'av liskhoq velimkhittah lekhol-sevivayw

How he is dismayed! Wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab shall be a laughingstock And a shock to all those near him.

ki-khoh amar Adonai hinneh khannesher yideh ufaras kenafayw el-mo'av

For thus said GOD: See, he soars like an eagle And spreads out his wings against Moab!

nilkedah haqqeriyyot vehammetsadot nitpasah vehayah lev gibbore mo'av bayyom hahu kelev isha metserah

Kerioth shall be captured And the strongholds shall be seized. In that day, the heart of Moab’s warriors Shall be like the heart of a woman in travail.

venishmad mo'av me'am ki al-Adonai higdil

And Moab shall be destroyed as a people, For he vaunted himself against GOD.

pakhad vafakhat vafakh alekha yoshev mo'av ne'um-Adonai

Terror, and pit, and trap Upon you who dwell in Moab! —declares GOD.

(hnys) [hannas] mippene happakhad yippol el-happakhat veha'oleh min-happakhat yillakhed bappakh ki-avi eleha el-mo'av shenat pequddatam ne'um-Adonai

He who flees from the terror Shall fall into the pit; And he who climbs out of the pit Shall be caught in the trap. For I will bring upon Moab The year of their doom —declares GOD.

betsel kheshbon amedu mikkoakh nasim ki-esh yatsa mekheshbon velehavah mibben sikhon vattokhal pe'at mo'av veqodqod bene sha'on

In the shelter of Heshbon Fugitives halt exhausted; For fire went forth from Heshbon, Flame from the midst of Sihon, Consuming the brow of Moab, The pate of the people of Shaon.

oy-lekha mo'av avad am-kemosh ki-luqqekhu vanekha bashevi uvenotekha bashivyah

Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone, For your sons are carried off into captivity, Your daughters into exile.

veshavti shevut-mo'av be'akharit hayyamim ne'um-Adonai ad-hennah mishpat mo'av

But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come—declares GOD. Thus far is the judgment on Moab.