Jeremiah 48:17

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Mourn 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!'

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  • Isa 9:4 : 4 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, fuel for the fire.
  • Isa 10:5 : 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation!
  • Isa 14:4-5 : 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased! How the arrogance has ended! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
  • Isa 16:8 : 8 The fields of Heshbon languish, as does the vine of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck its choice vines, which reached as far as Jazer, wandered into the wilderness, and spread their shoots abroad, crossing the sea.
  • Jer 9:17-20 : 17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.' 18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”' 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.' 20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'
  • Jer 48:31-33 : 31 Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn. 32 I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah, more than for Jazer. Your branches spread to the sea, reaching as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruit and your grape harvest. 33 Joy 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.
  • Jer 48:39 : 39 How 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.
  • Ezek 19:11-14 : 11 Its branches were strong, fit for rulers' scepters. It towered high; its height was noticeable among the branches, in the lushness of its abundance. 12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast to the ground. The east wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and dried up, consumed by fire. 13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire went out from its branch, consuming its fruit. There was no strong rod left in it, no scepter fit to rule. This is a lamentation, and it has become a lamentation.
  • Zech 11:10-14 : 10 So I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed of the flock who were watching me understood that this was the word of the LORD. 12 I said to them, 'If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.' So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver. 13 Then the LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—the splendid price at which they valued me!' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter. 14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  • Rev 18:14-20 : 14 The fruit your soul longed for has departed from you. All your luxurious and splendid things are lost to you, never to be found again. 15 The merchants who became rich from her will stand far off, out of fear for her torment, weeping and mourning, 16 saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and crimson, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls!' 17 For in one hour such great wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship captain, all who travel by ship, sailors, and those who earn their living from the sea stood far off, 18 And they cried out as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' 19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, in which all who owned ships at sea became rich from her wealth! For in one hour she has been laid waste.' 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!

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  • Jer 48:13-16
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    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.

  • Jer 48:36-39
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    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.

    37Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.

    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.

  • Jer 48:18-20
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    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.

    19Stand by the road and watch, inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, 'What has happened?'

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

  • Jer 48:24-26
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    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.

  • Isa 16:7-8
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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.

    8The fields of Heshbon languish, as does the vine of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck its choice vines, which reached as far as Jazer, wandered into the wilderness, and spread their shoots abroad, crossing the sea.

  • Jer 48:1-5
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    1This 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.

    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 48:31
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    31Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Jer 48:41-43
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    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.

  • Isa 15:7-8
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    7So the wealth they have earned and their stored possessions will be carried away over the Wadi of the Willows.

    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 15:1-5
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    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.

    3In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears.

    4Heshbon 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.

    5My 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.

  • Jer 48:45-47
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    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 14:5
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    5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

  • Ezek 19:14
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    14Fire went out from its branch, consuming its fruit. There was no strong rod left in it, no scepter fit to rule. This is a lamentation, and it has become a lamentation.

  • Jer 48:8
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    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.

  • Jer 48:33-34
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    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.

  • Isa 16:11
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    11Therefore, my heart moans like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir Hareseth.

  • Jer 48:29
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    29We have heard of Moab's pride—so very proud—his arrogance, pride, conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jer 22:20
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    20Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.

  • Ezek 31:12
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    12Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, cut it down and abandoned it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs were broken in all the ravines of the earth, and all the nations of the earth left its shade.

  • Lam 1:12
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    12"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.

  • Isa 51:19
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    19These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?

  • Isa 16:14
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 1:19
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    19Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen!

  • Ps 89:41
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    41You have broken through all his walls; you have reduced his strongholds to ruins.