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12 Therefore, the days are coming, says the Lord,
    when I will send men to him
    to tilt the jars.
They will empty the vessels
    and smash the jars.
13 Moab will then be ashamed of Chemosh,
    as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel[a]
    in which they placed their trust.
14 How can you say, “We are heroes,
    men who are valiant in battle”?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:13 Bethel: the sanctuary in the northern kingdom, erected in opposition to the temple in Jerusalem.