OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 15

Jeremiah 48:15

Moab is laid waste,

and they have gone up into his cities,

and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,”

says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 48:15 in context

Jeremiah 48:12–18

Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD,

“that I will send to him those who pour off,

and they will pour him off;

and they will empty his vessels,

and break their containers in pieces.

Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,

as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men,

and valiant men for the war’?

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Moab is laid waste,

and they have gone up into his cities,

and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,”

says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.

“The calamity of Moab is near to come,

and his affliction hurries fast.

All you who are around him, bemoan him;

and all you who know his name, say,

‘How the strong staff is broken,

the beautiful rod!’

“You daughter who dwells in Dibon,

come down from your glory,

and sit in thirst;

for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you.

He has destroyed your strongholds.

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