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30 I know his wrath,” says Yahweh, “that it is nothing;
    his boastings have done nothing.
31 Therefore I will wail for Moab.
    Yes, I will cry out for all Moab.
    They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
32 With more than the weeping of Jazer
    I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah.
Your branches passed over the sea.
    They reached even to the sea of Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits
    and on your vintage.

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30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(A) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(B) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(C)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(D) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.(E)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[a];
    they reached as far as[b] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
  2. Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of