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10 The one who does the work of Yahweh with slackness is cursed,
    and the one who keeps away blood from his sword is cursed.
11 Moab has been at ease from his youth,
    and he has been quiet on his dregs,
    and he has not been poured out from vessel to vessel,
    and he has not gone into exile.
Therefore[a] his taste has remained unchanged,
    and his fragrance has not changed.
12 Therefore[b] look, days are coming,” declares[c] Yahweh,
    “and I will send to him decanters,[d]
    and they will decant him,
    and his vessels they will empty out,
    and their jars they will smash.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:11 Literally “Unto thus”
  2. Jeremiah 48:12 Literally “To thus”
  3. Jeremiah 48:12 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 48:12 Literally “those who tilt”