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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 48
Judgment and destruction shall come upon Moab for their contempt of God.
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1 AGAINST
aMoab 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.
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.
3 A voice of crying shall be from
aHoronaim, spoiling and great destruction.
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4 aMoab is destroyed; her little
ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the
aheath in the wilderness.
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7 ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy
aworks and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and
Chemosh shall go forth into bcaptivity with his
priests and his princes together.
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.
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9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
10 aCursed be he that doeth
the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back
his sword from blood.
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11 ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and
he hath asettled on his blees, 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.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will send unto him awanderers, that shall cause him
to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
13 And Moab shall be aashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
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14 ¶ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
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.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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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!
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.
19 O inhabitant of aAroer, stand by
the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and
say, What is done?
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20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down:
ahowl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
24 And upon aKerioth, and upon
bBozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far
or near.
25 The ahorn of Moab is cut off,
and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
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26 ¶ Make ye him adrunken: for
he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his
vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
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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.
29 We have heard the apride of
Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his
pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
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31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the
weeping of Jazer: thy aplants 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.
33 And joy and agladness 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
bshouting; their shouting shall be no
shouting.
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34 From the cry of aHeshbon
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.
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.
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36 Therefore mine aheart shall
sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like
bpipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches
that he hath gotten are perished.
37 For every head shall be
abald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands
shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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38 There shall be lamentation generally upon
all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab
like a avessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the
LORD.
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.
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40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as
an aeagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
41 aKerioth is taken, and the
strong holds are bsurprised, and the mighty men's hearts in
Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a
people, because he hath amagnified himself against
the LORD.
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43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
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.
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45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon
because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of
aHeshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
devour the corner of bMoab, and the crown of the head of
the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
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47 ¶ Yet will I abring again
the captivity of
bMoaba in the latter
days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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47a will I bring again the captivity of
Moab God's judgments are eternal. Perhaps that is why his
prophetic scriptures are 'dualistic' or multiplistic. Through time the
judgment is the same and is enforced more than once or rahter continually
against whom the Lord has judged unless qualified otherwise. Here this
'judgment of Moab' is clearly stated to be brought again against Moab in the
'latter days', which is in our time of today. And thus the 'woes' to the
nations stated by Jeremiah and Isaiah ought to be looked for to occur again
as applied to our day, which is a type of what Nephi has stated to liken all
scripture unto ourselves and in our time as well as in times past.
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