Jeremiah 48:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured; the mighty stronghold is humbled and shattered.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Against Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is ruined; Kiriathaim is confounded and captured; Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus saieth ye LORDE off hoostes ye God of Israel against Moab: Wo be to ye cite of Nebo, for it shal be layed waist, brought to confucion and taken. Yee ye stroge cite of Cariatharim shalbe brought to shame, and afrayed:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Concerning Moab, thus saith ye Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Woe vnto Nebo: for it is wasted: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and afraide.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel against Moab: Wo be to the citie of Nebo, for it is layde waste, brought to confusion, and Kiriathaim is taken: Misgab is brought to shame and afraide.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Concerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Judgment Against Moab The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel spoke about Moab.“Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!

Referenced Verses

  • Num 32:3 : 3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon—
  • Num 32:37-38 : 37 The sons of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim— 38 as well as Nebo, Baal-meon (with their names changed), and Sibmah, and they gave new names to the cities they rebuilt.
  • Jer 48:22-23 : 22 to Dibon, to Nebo, and to Beth-diblathaim, 23 to Kiriathaim, to Beth-gamul, and to Beth-meon,
  • Ezek 25:8-9 : 8 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the other nations,' 9 therefore, I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning with its frontier cities—the pride of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. 10 I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the people of the east as a possession, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. 11 I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Amos 2:1-2 : 1 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.' 2 'So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in great tumult, with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.'
  • Jer 25:21 : 21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
  • Isa 15:1-9 : 1 An oracle concerning Moab: In the night, Ar of Moab was devastated and destroyed. In the night, Kir of Moab was devastated and destroyed. 2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off. 3 In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls are filled with dread. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction. 6 The waters of Nimrim are desolate. The grass is withered, the vegetation has vanished, and nothing green remains. 7 So the wealth they have earned and their stored possessions will be carried away over the Wadi of the Willows. 8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim. 9 The waters of Dimon are full of blood, and I will bring even more upon Dimon—a lion upon the survivors of Moab and upon those remaining in the land.
  • Isa 25:10 : 10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in a manure pit.
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I watch over it day and night so that no one will harm it.
  • Gen 19:37 : 37 The older daughter gave birth to a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob, a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and destroy all the sons of Sheth.
  • Num 33:47 : 47 They departed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, facing Nebo.
  • 2 Chr 20:10 : 10 'But now, here are the men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose land you would not let Israel invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.'
  • Jer 27:3 : 3 Then send them to the kings of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
  • Zeph 2:8-9 : 8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders. 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land. 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts. 11 The Lord will be awesome to them when He destroys all the gods of the earth. People from every shore and nation will bow down to Him, each from their own place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 48:20-26
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    84%

    20Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

    21Judgment has come to the land of the plain—to Holon, to Jahaz, and to Mephaath,

    22to Dibon, to Nebo, and to Beth-diblathaim,

    23to Kiriathaim, to Beth-gamul, and to Beth-meon,

    24to Kerioth, to Bozrah, and to all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and her arm is broken, declares the LORD.

    26Make her drunk, for she has magnified herself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in her vomit and become an object of ridicule.

  • Jer 48:38-43
    6 verses
    83%

    38On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD.

    39How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

    40For this is what the LORD says: Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.

    41The cities are captured, and the strongholds are seized. On that day, the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

    42Moab will be destroyed as a people, because he exalted himself against the LORD.

    43Terror, pit, and snare await you, O inhabitant of Moab, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 48:13-18
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    82%

    13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

    14How can you say, 'We are warriors, men mighty in battle'?

    15Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and her disaster is rushing swiftly.

    17Mourn for her, all you who surround her, and all who know her name; say, 'How the mighty rod of strength and the glorious staff is broken!'

    18Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.

  • Jer 48:45-47
    3 verses
    81%

    45In the shadow of Heshbon, the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. It devours the corner of Moab and the crown of the noisy boasters.

    46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed. Your sons have been taken into exile, and your daughters into captivity.

    47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

  • Isa 15:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1An oracle concerning Moab: In the night, Ar of Moab was devastated and destroyed. In the night, Kir of Moab was devastated and destroyed.

    2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.

  • Jer 48:2-5
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    80%

    2The glory of Moab is no more! In Heshbon, a plan for disaster was made against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' Even Madmen will be silenced; the sword will follow you.

    3A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

    4Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known.

    5For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.

  • Jer 48:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape. The valley will perish, and the plateau will be destroyed, for the LORD has spoken.

    9Give Moab wings so she may fly away, for her cities will become desolate, with no one living in them.

  • Isa 16:7
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    7Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab—everyone will wail. Mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, utterly stricken and grieving.

  • Zeph 2:8-10
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    77%

    8I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders.

    9Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land.

    10This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.

  • Jer 48:31
    77%

    31Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Jer 48:33-36
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    77%

    33Joy and gladness have been taken from the fertile fields and the land of Moab. I have stopped the wine flowing from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. There is no joyful shouting.

    34The crying of Heshbon resounds to Elealeh and Jahaz, they have raised their voices from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.

    35I will put an end in Moab to the one who sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods, declares the LORD.

    36Therefore, my heart moans for Moab like the sound of flutes; it moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres, because their accumulated wealth has perished.

  • Num 21:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon, king of the Amorites.

    30But we overthrew them; Heshbon as far as Dibon is destroyed. We devastated Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.

  • Jer 48:29
    76%

    29We have heard of Moab's pride—so very proud—his arrogance, pride, conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Ezek 25:9
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    9therefore, I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning with its frontier cities—the pride of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

  • Isa 15:8
    76%

    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim.

  • Isa 16:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12When Moab appears, weary on the high places, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

    13This is the word the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past.

    14But now the LORD has spoken, saying: In three years, as precisely as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, along with its great multitude, will be brought into contempt. Only a small and insignificant remnant will remain, not mighty at all.

  • Amos 2:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.'

    2'So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in great tumult, with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.'