Yirmeyahu 48:12-39 ירמיהו מ״ח:י״ב-ל״ט

Therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him tilters who will tilt him, and will empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

And Mo᾽av shall be ashamed of Kemosh, as the house of Yisra᾽el was ashamed of Bet-el their confidence.

How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Mo᾽av is spoiled, and they have gone up into her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

The calamity of Mo᾽av is near at hand, and his affliction hastens space.

All you that are about him, bemoan him, and all you that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, and the glorious rod!

Thou daughter that dost inhabit Divon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Mo᾽av shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strongholds.

O inhabitant of ῾Aro῾er, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What is done?

Mo᾽av is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Mo᾽av is spoiled,

and judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Ḥolon, and upon Yahża, and upon Mefa῾at,

and upon Divon, and upon Nevo, and upon Bet-divlatayim,

and upon Qiryatayim, and upon Bet-gamul, and upon Bet-me῾on,

and upon Qeriyyot, and upon Bożra, upon all the cities of the land of Mo᾽av, far or near.

The horn of Mo᾽av is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

Make him drunk: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Mo᾽av shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be in derision.

For was not Yisra᾽el a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou didst speak of him, thou didst wag the head.

O you that dwell in Mo᾽av, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the mouth of the abyss.

We have heard the pride of Mo᾽av, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

I know, says the Lord, his insolence, and his injustice; his pratings have wrought injustice.

Therefore will I howl for Mo᾽av, and I will cry out for all Mo᾽av; there will be mourning for the men of Qir-ĥeres.

O vine of Sivma I will weep for thee with the weeping of Ya῾zer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reach to the sea of Ya῾zer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

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

From the cry of Ḥeshbon to El῾ale, to Yahaż, they have uttered their voice; from Żo῾ar to Ḥoronayim, ῾Eglat, Shelishiyya; for also the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Moreover I will cause to cease in Mo᾽av, says the Lord, him that offers in the high place, and him that burns incense to his gods.

Therefore my heart shall moan for Mo᾽av like flutes, and my heart shall moan like pipes for the men of Qir-ĥeres: because the abundance that he has gained has perished.

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth.

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Mo᾽av, and in its streets; for I have broken Mo᾽av like an unwanted vessel, says the Lord.

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how has Mo᾽av turned her back with shame! so shall Mo᾽av be a derision and a cause of despair to all them about him.