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.
to/for Moab thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel woe! to(wards) Nebo for to ruin be ashamed to capture Kiriathaim be ashamed [the] Misgab and to to be dismayed
2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
nothing still praise Moab in/on/with Heshbon to devise: devise upon her distress: harm to go: follow and to cut: eliminate her from nation also Madmen to silence: silent after you to go: follow sword
3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
voice cry from Horonaim violence and breaking great: large
4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
to break Moab to hear: proclaim outcry (little her *Q(K)*)
5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
for ascent ([the] Luhith *Q(K)*) in/on/with weeping to ascend: rise weeping for in/on/with descent Horonaim distress cry breaking to hear: hear
6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
to flee to escape soul: life your and to be like/as juniper in/on/with wilderness
7 Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
for because to trust you in/on/with deed your and in/on/with treasure your also you(f. s.) to capture and to come out: come (Chemosh *Q(k)*) in/on/with captivity priest his and ruler his (together *Q(k)*)
8 The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
and to come (in): come to ruin to(wards) all city and city not to escape and to perish [the] valley and to destroy [the] plain which to say LORD
9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
to give: give feather to/for Moab for to flee to come out: come and city her to/for horror: destroyed to be from nothing to dwell in/on/with them
10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
to curse to make: do work LORD slackness and to curse to withhold sword his from blood
11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
to rest Moab from youth his and to quiet he/she/it to(wards) dreg his and not to empty from article/utensil to(wards) article/utensil and in/on/with captivity not to go: went upon so to stand: stand taste his in/on/with him and aroma his not to change
12 Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
to/for so behold day to come (in): come utterance LORD and to send: depart to/for him to march and to march him and article/utensil his to empty and bag their to shatter
13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
and be ashamed Moab from Chemosh like/as as which be ashamed house: household Israel from Bethel Bethel confidence their
14 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
how? to say mighty man we and human strength to/for battle
15 Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
to ruin Moab and city her to ascend: rise and best youth his to go down to/for slaughter utterance [the] king LORD Hosts name his
16 Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
near calamity Moab to/for to come (in): come and distress: harm his to hasten much
17 Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
to wander to/for him all around him and all to know name his to say how? to break tribe: rod strength rod beauty
18 Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
to go down from glory (and to dwell *Q(K)*) in/on/with thirst to dwell daughter Dibon for to ruin Moab to ascend: rise in/on/with you to ruin fortification your
19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
to(wards) way: road to stand: stand and to watch to dwell Aroer to ask to flee and to escape to say what? to be
20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
be ashamed Moab for to to be dismayed (to wail and to cry out *Q(K)*) to tell in/on/with Arnon for to ruin Moab
21 Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
and justice: judgement to come (in): come to(wards) land: country/planet [the] plain to(wards) Holon and to(wards) Jahaz [to] and upon (Mephaath *Q(K)*)
22 upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
and upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim Beth-diblathaim
23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
and upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon Beth-meon
24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
and upon Kerioth and upon Bozrah and upon all city land: country/planet Moab [the] distant and [the] near
25 The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,”
to cut down/off horn Moab and arm his to break utterance LORD
26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
be drunk him for upon LORD to magnify and to slap Moab in/on/with vomit his and to be to/for laughter also he/she/it
27 Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
and if: surely yes not [the] laughter to be to/for you Israel if: surely yes in/on/with thief (to find *Q(K)*) for from sufficiency word: speaking your in/on/with him to wander
28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
to leave: forsake city and to dwell in/on/with crag to dwell Moab and to be like/as dove to make a nest in/on/with side: beside lip pit
29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
to hear: hear pride Moab proud much height his and pride his and pride his and height heart his
30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
I to know utterance LORD fury his and not right bluster his not right to make: do
31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
upon so upon Moab to wail and to/for Moab all his to cry out to(wards) human Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth to mutter
32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
from weeping Jazer to weep to/for you [the] vine Sibmah tendril your to pass sea till sea (Sea of) Jazer to touch upon summer your and upon vintage your to ruin to fall: fall
33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
and to gather joy and rejoicing from plantation and from land: country/planet Moab and wine from wine to cease not to tread shout shout not shout
34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
from outcry Heshbon till Elealeh till Jahaz to give: cry out voice their from Zoar till Horonaim Eglath-shelishiyah third for also water Nimrim to/for devastation to be
35 In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
and to cease to/for Moab utterance LORD to ascend: offer up high place and to offer: offer to/for God his
36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
upon so heart my to/for Moab like/as flute to roar and heart my to(wards) human Kir-hareseth Kir-hareseth like/as flute to roar upon so abundance to make: offer to perish
37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
for all head bald spot and all beard to dimish upon all hand furrow and upon loin sackcloth
38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,”
upon all roof Moab and in/on/with street/plaza her all his mourning for to break [obj] Moab like/as article/utensil nothing pleasure in/on/with him utterance LORD
39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
how? to to be dismayed to wail how? to turn neck Moab be ashamed and to be Moab to/for laughter and to/for terror to/for all around him
40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
for thus to say LORD behold like/as eagle to fly and to spread wing his to(wards) Moab
41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
to capture [the] Kerioth and [the] stronghold to capture and to be heart mighty man Moab in/on/with day [the] he/she/it like/as heart woman to distress
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
and to destroy Moab from people for upon LORD to magnify
43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,”
dread and pit and snare upon you to dwell Moab utterance LORD
44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,”
([the] to flee *Q(K)*) from face: before [the] dread to fall: fall to(wards) [the] pit and [the] to ascend: rise from [the] pit to capture in/on/with snare for to come (in): bring to(wards) her to(wards) Moab year punishment their utterance LORD
45 “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
in/on/with shadow Heshbon to stand: stand from strength to flee for fire to come out: issue from Heshbon and flame from between Sihon and to eat side Moab and crown son: child roar
46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
woe! to/for you Moab to perish people Chemosh for to take: take son: child your in/on/with captivity and daughter your in/on/with captive
47 Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
and to return: rescue captivity Moab in/on/with end [the] day utterance LORD till here/thus justice: judgement Moab
