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Jeremiah 48:39 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.” "

Jeremiah 48:39

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37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.

38 On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says the LORD.

39 “How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.”

40 For the LORD says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized. The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Jeremiah 48:1

"Of Moab. The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down."

Jeremiah 48:2

"The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’ You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you."

Jeremiah 48:3

"The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!"

Jeremiah 48:4

"Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard."

Jeremiah 48:5

"For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction."

Jeremiah 48:6

"Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness."

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