21-24 “My judgment will come to the plateau cities: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath; on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim; on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon; on Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of Moab, far and near.

25 “Moab’s link to power is severed.
    Moab’s arm is broken.” God’s Decree.

The Sheer Nothingness of Moab

26-27 “Turn Moab into a drunken lush, drunk on the wine of my wrath, a dung-faced drunk, filling the country with vomit—Moab a falling-down drunk, a joke in bad taste. Wasn’t it you, Moab, who made crude jokes over Israel? And when they were caught in bad company, didn’t you cluck and gossip and snicker?

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24     to Kerioth(A) and Bozrah(B)
    to all the towns(C) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[a](D) is cut off;
    her arm(E) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

26 “Make her drunk,(F)
    for she has defied(G) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(H)
    let her be an object of ridicule.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.