TanakhML Project. Text Browser. Parallel

Jer 48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

’ên ‘ôḏ təhillaṯ mô’āḇ bəḥešəbôn ḥāšəḇû ‘āleyhā rā‘āh ləḵû wənaḵərîṯennāh miggôy gam-maḏəmēn tiddōmmî ’aḥărayiḵ tēleḵ ḥāreḇ

Jer 48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

qôl ṣə‘āqāh mēḥōrônāyim šōḏ wāšeḇer gāḏôl

Jer 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

nišəbərāh mô’āḇ hišəmî‘û zzə‘āqāh ṣə‘îreyhā

Jer 48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

kî ma‘ălēh hallûḥîṯ biḇəḵî ya‘ăleh-beḵî kî bəmôraḏ ḥôrōnayim ṣārê ṣa‘ăqaṯ-šeḇer šāmē‘û

Jer 48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

nusû malləṭû nap̱əšəḵem wəṯihəyeynāh ka‘ărô‘ēr bammiḏəbār

Jer 48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

kî ya‘an biṭəḥēḵ bəma‘ăśayiḵ ûḇə’ôṣərôṯayiḵ gam-’att tillāḵēḏî wəyāṣā’ ḵəmôš baggôlāh kōhănāyw wəśārāyw yaḥədāyw

Jer 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

wəyāḇō’ šōḏēḏ ’el-kāl-‘îr wə‘îr lō’ ṯimmālēṭ wə’āḇaḏ hā‘ēmeq wənišəmaḏ hammîšōr ’ăšer ’āmar yəhwāh

Jer 48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

tənû-ṣîṣ ləmô’āḇ kî nāṣō’ tēṣē’ wə‘āreyhā ləšammāh ṯihəyeynāh mē’ên yôšēḇ bāhēn

Jer 48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

’ārûr ‘ōśeh məle’ḵeṯ yəhwāh rəmiyyāh wə’ārûr mōnēa‘ ḥarəbô middām

Jer 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

ša’ănan mô’āḇ minnə‘ûrāyw wəšōqēṭ hû’ ’el-šəmārāyw wəlō’-hûraq mikkəlî ’el-kelî ûḇaggôlāh lō’ hālāḵ ‘al-kēn ‘āmaḏ ṭa‘əmô bô wərêḥô lō’ nāmār

Jer 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

lāḵēn hinnēh-yāmîm bā’îm nə’um-yəhwāh wəšillaḥətî-lô ṣō‘îm wəṣē‘uhû wəḵēlāyw yārîqû wəniḇəlêhem yənappēṣû

Jer 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

ûḇōš mô’āḇ mikkəmôš ka’ăšer-bōšû bêṯ yiśərā’ēl mibbêṯ ’ēl miḇəṭeḥām

Jer 48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

’êḵ tō’mərû gibbôrîm ’ănāḥənû wə’anəšê-ḥayil lammiləḥāmāh

Jer 48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

šuddaḏ mô’āḇ wə‘āreyhā ‘ālāh ûmiḇəḥar baḥûrāyw yārəḏû laṭṭāḇaḥ nə’um-hammeleḵ yəhwāh ṣəḇā’ôṯ šəmô

Jer 48:15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

qārôḇ ’êḏ-mô’āḇ lāḇô’ wərā‘āṯô mihărāh mə’ōḏ

Jer 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

nuḏû lô kāl-səḇîḇāyw wəḵōl yōḏə‘ê šəmô ’imərû ’êḵāh nišəbar maṭṭēh-‘ōz maqqēl tip̱ə’ārāh

Jer 48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

rəḏî mikkāḇôḏ ûšəḇî ḇaṣṣāmā’ yōšeḇeṯ baṯ-dîḇôn kî-šōḏēḏ mô’āḇ ‘ālāh ḇāḵ šiḥēṯ miḇəṣārāyiḵ

Jer 48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

’el-dereḵ ‘iməḏî wəṣappî yôšeḇeṯ ‘ărô‘ēr ša’ălî-nās wəniməlāṭāh ’imərî mah-nnihəyāṯāh

Jer 48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

hōḇîš mô’āḇ kî-ḥattāh hêlîlû ûzə‘āqû haggîḏû ḇə’arənôn kî šuddaḏ mô’āḇ

Jer 48:20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

ûmišəpāṭ ûmišəpāṭ bā’ bā’ ’el-’el-’ereṣ ’ereṣ hammîšōr hammîšōr ’el-’el-ḥōlôn ḥōlôn wə’el-wə’el-yahəṣāh yahəṣāh wə‘al-mêp̱ā‘aṯ mêp̱ā‘aṯ

Jer 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

wə‘al-dîḇôn wə‘al-nəḇô wə‘al-bêṯ diḇəlāṯāyim

Jer 48:22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,

wə‘al qirəyāṯayim wə‘al-bêṯ gāmûl wə‘al-bêṯ mə‘ôn

Jer 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,

wə‘al-qəriyyôṯ wə‘al-bāṣərāh wə‘al kāl-‘ārê ’ereṣ mô’āḇ hārəḥōqôṯ wəhaqqərōḇôṯ

Jer 48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

nig̱ədə‘āh qeren mô’āḇ ûzərō‘ô nišəbārāh nə’um yəhwāh

Jer 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

hašəkîruhû kî ‘al-yəhwāh hig̱ədîl wəsāp̱aq mô’āḇ bəqî’ô wəhāyāh liśəḥōq gam-hû’

Jer 48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

wə’im lô’ haśśəḥōq hāyāh ləḵā yiśərā’ēl ’im-bəg̱annāḇîm niməṣā’ kî-middê ḏəḇāreyḵā bô tiṯənôḏāḏ

Jer 48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

‘izəḇû ‘ārîm wəšiḵənû bassela‘ yōšəḇê mô’āḇ wihəyû ḵəyônāh təqannēn bə‘eḇərê p̱î-p̱āḥaṯ

Jer 48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

šāma‘ənû g̱ə’ôn-mô’āḇ gē’eh mə’ōḏ gāḇəhô ûg̱ə’ônô wəg̱a’ăwāṯô wərum libbô

Jer 48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

’ănî yāḏa‘ətî nə’um-yəhwāh ‘eḇərāṯô wəlō’-ḵēn baddāyw lō’-ḵēn ‘āśû

Jer 48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

‘al-kēn ‘al-mô’āḇ ’ăyēlîl ûləmô’āḇ kullōh ’ezə‘āq ’el-’anəšê qîr-ḥereś yehəgeh

Jer 48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

mibbəḵî ya‘əzēr ’eḇəkeh-llāḵ haggep̱en śiḇəmāh nəṭîšōṯayiḵ ‘āḇərû yām ‘aḏ yām ya‘əzēr nāg̱ā‘û ‘al-qêṣēḵ wə‘al-bəṣîrēḵ šōḏēḏ nāp̱āl

Jer 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

wəne’esəp̱āh śiməḥāh wāg̱îl mikkarəmel ûmē’ereṣ mô’āḇ wəyayin mîqāḇîm hišəbattî lō’-yiḏərōḵ hêḏāḏ hêḏāḏ lō’ hêḏāḏ

Jer 48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

mizza‘ăqaṯ ḥešəbôn ‘aḏ-’elə‘ālēh ‘aḏ-yahaṣ nāṯənû qôlām miṣṣō‘ar ‘aḏ-ḥōrōnayim ‘eg̱əlaṯ šəlišiyyāh kî gam-mê nimərîm liməšammôṯ yihəyû

Jer 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

wəhišəbattî ləmô’āḇ nə’um-yəhwāh ma‘ăleh ḇāmāh ûmaqəṭîr lē’lōhāyw

Jer 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

‘al-kēn libbî ləmô’āḇ kaḥălilîm yehĕmeh wəlibbî ’el-’anəšê qîr-ḥereś kaḥălîlîm yehĕmeh ‘al-kēn yiṯəraṯ ‘āśāh ’āḇāḏû

Jer 48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

kî ḵāl-rō’š qārəḥāh wəḵāl-zāqān gəru‘āh ‘al kāl-yāḏayim gəḏuḏōṯ wə‘al-māṯənayim śāq

Jer 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

‘al kāl-gaggôṯ mô’āḇ ûḇirəḥōḇōṯeyhā kullōh misəpēḏ kî-šāḇarətî ’eṯ-mô’āḇ kiḵəlî ’ên-ḥēp̱eṣ bô nə’um-yəhwāh

Jer 48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.

’êḵ ḥattāh hêlîlû ’êḵ hip̱ənāh-‘ōrep̱ mô’āḇ bôš wəhāyāh mô’āḇ liśəḥōq wəliməḥittāh ləḵāl-səḇîḇāyw

Jer 48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

kî-ḵōh ’āmar yəhwāh hinnēh ḵannešer yiḏə’eh ûp̱āraś kənāp̱āyw ’el-mô’āḇ

Jer 48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

niləkəḏāh haqqəriyyôṯ wəhamməṣāḏôṯ niṯəpāśāh wəhāyāh lēḇ gibbôrê mô’āḇ bayyôm hahû’ kəlēḇ ’iššāh məṣērāh

Jer 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

wənišəmaḏ mô’āḇ mē‘ām kî ‘al-yəhwāh hig̱ədîl

Jer 48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.

paḥaḏ wāp̱aḥaṯ wāp̱āḥ ‘āleyḵā yôšēḇ mô’āḇ nə’um-yəhwāh

Jer 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

hannās mippənê happaḥaḏ yippōl ’el-happaḥaṯ wəhā‘ōleh min-happaḥaṯ yillāḵēḏ bappāḥ kî-’āḇî’ ’ēleyhā ’el-mô’āḇ šənaṯ pəquddāṯām nə’um-yəhwāh

Jer 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

bəṣēl ḥešəbôn ‘āməḏû mikkōaḥ nāsîm kî-’ēš yāṣā’ mēḥešəbôn wəlehāḇāh mibbên sîḥôn wattō’ḵal pə’aṯ mô’āḇ wəqāḏəqōḏ bənê šā’ôn

Jer 48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

’ôy-ləḵā mô’āḇ ’āḇaḏ ‘am-kəmôš kî-luqqəḥû ḇāneyḵā baššeḇî ûḇənōṯeyḵā baššiḇəyāh

Jer 48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

wəšaḇətî šəḇûṯ-mô’āḇ bə’aḥărîṯ hayyāmîm nə’um-yəhwāh ‘aḏ-hēnnāh mišəpaṭ mô’āḇ

Jer 48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Unless otherwise specified, all content on this website is licensed under a

Hosted by the "Targoum" Project (Françoise-Anne Ménager, Emmanuel Dyan, Marc-Alain Ouaknin) | Registered with

TanakhML is a non-profit, self-financing project

You can help it by making a donation