Jeremiah 48
1 To Moab, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, “Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been humiliated and captured. Her fortress has been disgraced and crushed.
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 The honor of Moab is no more. Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against her. They said, 'Come and let us destroy her as a nation. Madmen will also perish—a sword will go after 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 Listen! A sound of screaming is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction.
voice cry from Horonaim violence and breaking great: large
4 Moab has been destroyed. Her children have made their cries heard.
to break Moab to hear: proclaim outcry (little her *Q(K)*)
5 They go up the hill of Luhith weeping, for on the way down to Horonaim, screams are heard because of 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! Save your lives and become like a juniper bush in the wilderness.
to flee to escape soul: life your and to be like/as juniper in/on/with wilderness
7 For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders.
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 For the destroyer will come to every city; no city will escape. So the valley will perish and the plain will be devastated, as Yahweh 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 Give wings to Moab, for she must certainly fly away. Her cities will become a wasteland, where there is no one to live 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 May anyone who is lazy in doing Yahweh's work be cursed! May anyone who keeps his sword back from shedding blood be cursed!
to curse to make: do work LORD slackness and to curse to withhold sword his from blood
11 Moab has felt secure since he was young. He is like his wine that has never been poured from pot to pot. He has never gone into captivity. Therefore he tastes as good as ever; his flavor remains 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 So see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will send him those who will tip him over and pour out all his pots 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 of Bethel, their object of trust.
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 soldiers, powerful fighting men'?
how? to say mighty man we and human strength to/for battle
15 Moab will be devastated and its cities attacked. For its finest young men have gone down to the place of slaughter. This is the king's declaration! Yahweh of hosts is his name.
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 disaster is soon to happen; calamity is hurrying quickly.
near calamity Moab to/for to come (in): come and distress: harm his to hasten much
17 All you who are around Moab, wail; and all you who know its fame, shout this, 'Woe, the strong staff, the honored rod, has been broken.'
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 honored place and sit on the dry ground, you daughter living in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab is attacking you, the one who will destroy your strongholds.
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 on the road and watch, you people who live in Aroer. Ask the ones who are fleeing and escaping. Say, '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 has been shamed, for it has been shattered. Howl and lament; shout for help. Tell it to people by the Arnon River that Moab has been devastated.
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 Now punishment has come to the hill country, to 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 to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,
and upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim Beth-diblathaim
23 to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon,
and upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon Beth-meon
24 To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.
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 hacked off; its arm has been broken—this is Yahweh's declaration.
to cut down/off horn Moab and arm his to break utterance LORD
26 Make him drunk, because he acted proudly against Yahweh. Let Moab wallow in his vomit, and let him be an object of ridicule.
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 For did not Israel become an object for laughter to you? Was he found among thieves, so that you shook your head at him as often as you spoke about him?
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 cities and camp on the cliffs, inhabitants of Moab. Become like a dove that is nesting over the mouth of a hole in the rocks.
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 pride—his arrogance, his haughtiness, his pride, his self-glory and the conceit in his heart.
to hear: hear pride Moab proud much height his and pride his and pride his and height heart his
30 This is Yahweh's declaration—I myself know his defiant speech, which amounts to nothing, like his deeds.
I to know utterance LORD fury his and not right bluster his not right to make: do
31 So I will howl a lament for Moab, and I will shout in sorrow for all of Moab. I will lament for the people of Kir Hareseth.
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 more than I did for Jazer, vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed across the Salt Sea and reached as far as Jazer. The destroyers have attacked your summer fruit and your wine.
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 So celebration and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruit trees and the land of Moab. I have put an end to the wine from their winepresses. They will not tread with joyful shouts. Any shouts will not be shouts of 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 From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since 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 For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
and to cease to/for Moab utterance LORD to ascend: offer up high place and to offer: offer to/for God his
36 So my heart is lamenting for Moab like a flute. My heart is lamenting like flutes for the people of Kir Hareseth. The riches they gained are gone.
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 bald and every beard shaved. Incisions are on every hand, and sackcloth is around their waists.
for all head bald spot and all beard to dimish upon all hand furrow and upon loin sackcloth
38 There is mourning everywhere, on every flat roof of Moab and in Moab's plazas. For I have destroyed Moab like pots that no one wants—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are 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 Yahweh says this, “See, the enemy will come flying like an eagle, spreading out his wings over Moab.
for thus to say LORD behold like/as eagle to fly and to spread wing his to(wards) Moab
41 Kerioth has been captured, and its strongholds have been seized. For in that day the hearts of Moab's soldiers will be like the hearts of women in birth 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 So Moab will be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he made himself to be great against Yahweh.
and to destroy Moab from people for upon LORD to magnify
43 Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration.
dread and pit and snare upon you to dwell Moab utterance LORD
44 Anyone who flees because of terror will fall into the pit, and anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap, for I will bring this on them in the year of my vengeance against them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
([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 The ones who flee will stand in the shadow of Heshbon without any strength, for fire will go out from Heshbon, flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the boastful people.
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, Moab! Chemosh's people are destroyed, For your sons are taken as captives and your daughters 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 But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in later days—this is Yahweh's declaration.” The judgment on Moab ends here.
and to return: rescue captivity Moab in/on/with end [the] day utterance LORD till here/thus justice: judgement Moab
