Jeremiah 48:25

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Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the LORD, affirm it!

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  • Ps 75:10 : 10 God says,“I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious.”
  • Ps 10:15 : 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
  • Job 22:9 : 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
  • Zech 1:19-21 : 19 So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me,“What are these?” He replied,“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Next the LORD showed me four blacksmiths. 21 I asked,“What are these going to do?” He answered,“These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”
  • Num 32:37 : 37 The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.
  • Lam 2:3 : 3 ג(Gimel) In fierce anger he destroyed the whole army of Israel. He withdrew his right hand as the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; it consumed everything around it.
  • Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries. 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.
  • Dan 7:8 : 8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn– a small one– came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
  • Dan 8:7-9 : 7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. 8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky. 9 From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.
  • Dan 8:21 : 21 The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

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  • Jer 48:24
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    24on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.

  • Jer 48:33-43
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    33Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine.

    34Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

    35I will put an end in Moab to those who make offerings at her places of worship. I will put an end to those who sacrifice to other gods. I, the LORD, affirm it!

    36So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish.

    37For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.

    38On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the LORD, affirm it!

    39Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”

    40For the LORD says,“Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.

    41Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.

    42Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the LORD.

    43Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Jer 48:20-21
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    20They will answer,‘Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.’

    21“Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

  • Jer 48:14-18
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    14How can you men of Moab say,‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?’

    15Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!

    16Moab’s destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.

    17Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say,‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!’

    18Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.

  • Jer 48:26
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    26“Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock.

  • Jer 48:1-4
    4 verses
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    1Judgment 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!

    2People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying,‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

    3Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim,‘Oh, the ruin and great destruction!’

    4“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.

  • Ezek 25:8-9
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    8A Prophecy Against Moab“This is what the Sovereign LORD says:‘Moab and Seir say,“Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”

    9So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land– Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

  • Jer 48:29
    76%

    29I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.

  • Isa 16:12-14
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    12When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

    13This is the message the LORD previously announced about Moab.

    14Now the LORD makes this announcement:“Within exactly three years Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.”

  • Jer 48:8-12
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    8The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the LORD, have spoken!

    9Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited.”

    10A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

    11“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.

    12But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Isa 15:1
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    1The Lord Will Judge Moab This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

  • Ezek 25:11
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    11I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

  • Isa 25:10
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    10For the LORD’s power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.

  • Zeph 2:8-9
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    8“I have heard Moab’s taunts and the Ammonites’ insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah.

    9Therefore, as surely as I live,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,“be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land.”

  • Jer 48:45-47
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    45In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

    46Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile.

    47Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune,” says the LORD. The judgment against Moab ends here.

  • Isa 16:6-7
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    6We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

    7So Moab wails over its demise– they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

  • Amos 2:2-3
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    2So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.

    3I will remove Moab’s leader; I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.” The LORD has spoken!

  • Isa 15:8
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    8Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.

  • 2 Kgs 3:18
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    18This is an easy task for the LORD; he will also hand Moab over to you.

  • Jer 48:31
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    31So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres.