Jeremiah 48:11

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From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

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  • Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.
  • Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
  • Nah 2:2 : 2 A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.
  • Nah 2:10 : 10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
  • Ps 55:19 : 19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
  • Ps 73:4-8 : 4 For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong. 5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men. 6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe. 7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire. 8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
  • Ps 123:4 : 4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
  • Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.
  • Isa 24:3 : 3 The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
  • Jer 48:29 : 29 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.
  • Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need. 50 They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

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  • Jer 48:12-16
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    12 So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.

    13 And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

    14 How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

    15 He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

    16 The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.

  • Jer 48:24-29
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    24 And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.

    25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

    26 Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

    27 For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

    28 O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

    29 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.

  • Jer 48:33-36
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    33 All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.

    34 The cry of Heshbon comes even to Elealeh; to Jahaz their voice is sounding; from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim will become dry.

    35 And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.

    36 So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.

  • Jer 48:42-43
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    42 And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.

    43 Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

  • Jer 48:20
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    20 Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

  • Jer 48:1-2
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    1 Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.

    2 The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you.

  • Isa 16:10-14
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    10 And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.

    11 For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.

    12 And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.

    13 This is the word which the Lord said about Moab in the past.

    14 But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

  • Isa 15:7-8
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    7 For this cause they will take away their wealth, and the stores they have got together, over the stream of the water-plants.

    8 For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.

  • Jer 48:45-47
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    45 Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

    46 Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.

    47 But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.

  • Jer 48:9-10
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    9 Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

    10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • Zeph 2:8-9
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    8 My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

    9 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.

  • Jer 48:4-5
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    4 Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.

    5 For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.

  • Isa 16:6-8
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    6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

    7 For this cause everyone in Moab will give cries of grief for Moab: crushed to the earth, they will be weeping for the men of Kir-hareseth.

    8 For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.

  • Jer 48:38-39
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    38 On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.

    39 How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.

  • Isa 15:1
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    1 The word about Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer; for in a night Kir of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18
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    18 And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.

  • Isa 25:10
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    10 For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place.

  • Deut 2:9
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    9 And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

  • Isa 16:4
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    4 Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.

  • Ezek 25:9
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    9 For this cause, I will let the side of Moab be uncovered, and his towns on every side, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and as far as Kiriathaim.

  • Isa 15:5
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    5 My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.

  • Jer 48:18
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    18 Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.

  • Jer 48:31
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    31 For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.