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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 48

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Chapter 48 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ For Moʹab1 this is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, has said:2 “Woe to Neʹbo,3 for she has been despoiled! Kir·i·a·thaʹim4 has been put to shame, has been captured. The secure height has been put to shame and been put in terror.5
  2. No more is there any praise of Moʹab.6 In Heshʹbon7 they have thought out against her a calamity: ‘Come, men, and let us cut her off from being a nation.’8
    ¶ “You, too, O Madʹmen, should keep silent. After you there walks a sword.
  3. There is the sound of an outcry from Hor·o·naʹim,9 a despoiling and great breaking down.
  4. Moʹab has been broken down.10 Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
  5. For on the way up to Luʹhith11 it is with weeping that one goes up—there is a weeping. For on the way down from Hor·o·naʹim there is a distressing outcry over the breakdown12 that people have heard.
  6. ¶ “Take to flight; provide escape for YOUR souls,[a]13 and YOU should become like a juniper tree[b] in the wilderness.14
  7. Because your[c] trust is in your works and in your treasures, you yourself will also be captured.15 And Cheʹmosh16 will certainly go forth into exile,17 his priests and his princes at the same time.18
  8. And the despoiler will come in on every city,19 and there will be no city that can make its escape.20 And the low plain will certainly perish and the level land be annihilated, a thing that Jehovah has said.
  9. ¶ “Give a road mark to Moʹab, YOU people, for at the falling in ruins she will go forth;21 and her very cities will become a mere object of astonishment, with no one dwelling in them.22
  10. ¶ “Cursed be the one that is carrying out the mission of Jehovah neglectfully;23 and cursed be the one that is holding back his sword from blood!
  11. ¶ “The Moʹab·ites[d] have been at ease since their[e] youth,24 and they[f] are keeping undisturbed on their dregs.25 And they have not been emptied from one vessel into another vessel, and into exile they have not gone. That is why their taste has stood still within them,[g] and their very scent has not been changed.
  12. ¶ “‘Therefore, look! there are days coming,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘and I will send to them [vessel] tilters, and they will certainly tilt them;26 and their vessels they will empty out, and their[h] large jars they will dash to pieces.
  13. And the Moʹab·ites will have to be ashamed of Cheʹmosh,27 just as those of the house of Israel have become ashamed of Bethʹel their confidence.28
  14. How dare YOU people say: “We are mighty men29 and men of vital energy for the war”?’
  15. ¶ “‘Moʹab has been despoiled, and one has gone up against her own cities.30 And their choicest young men themselves have gone down to the slaughtering,’31 is the utterance of the King, whose name is Jehovah of armies.32
  16. ¶ “The disaster on the Moʹab·ites is near to come, and their very calamity is actually hurrying up very much.33
  17. All those round about them will have to sympathize with them, even all those knowing their name.34 Say, YOU people, ‘O how the rod of strength has been broken, the staff of beauty!’35
  18. ¶ “Get down from glory, and sit down in thirst, O inhabitress of the daughter36 of Diʹbon;37 for the despoiler of Moʹab has come up against you. He will actually bring your fortified places to ruin.38
  19. ¶ “Stand still and look out for the way itself, O inhabitress of A·roʹer.39 Ask him that is fleeing and her that is making her escape. Say, ‘What has been brought about?’40
  20. Moʹab has been put to shame, for she has been struck with terror.41 Howl and cry out. Tell in Arʹnon,42 O men, that Moʹab has been despoiled.
  21. And judgment itself has come to the land of level country,43 to Hoʹlon and to Jaʹhaz[i]44 and against Mephʹa·ath,45
  22. and against Diʹbon46 and against Neʹbo47 and against Beth-dib·la·thaʹim,
  23. and against Kir·i·a·thaʹim48 and against Beth-gaʹmul and against Beth-meʹon49
  24. and against Keʹri·oth50 and against Bozʹrah51 and against all the cities of the land of Moʹab, those far away and those near.
  25. ¶ “‘The horn of Moʹab has been cut down,52 and his own arm has been broken,’53 is the utterance of Jehovah.
  26. ‘Make him drunk,54 O men, for he has put on great airs against Jehovah himself;55 and Moʹab has slapped around in his vomit,56 and he has become an object of ridicule, even he himself.
  27. ¶ “‘And did not Israel become a mere object of ridicule to you?[j]57 Or was he[k] found among outright thieves?58 For you would shake yourself just as often as you spoke against him.
  28. ¶ “‘Leave the cities and reside on the crag,59 YOU inhabitants of Moʹab, and become like the dove that makes its nest in the regions of the mouth of the hollow.’”60
  29. ¶ “We have heard of the pride of Moʹab61—he is very haughty—of his highness and of his pride and of his haughtiness and of the loftiness of his heart.”62
  30. ¶ “‘I myself have known his fury,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘and that is not the way it will be; his empty talk63—they will not actually do in just that way.64
  31. That is why it is over Moʹab that I shall howl, and for Moʹab in his entirety I shall cry out.65 For the men of Kir-heʹres66 one shall moan.
  32. ¶ “‘With more than the weeping for Jaʹzer67 I shall weep for you, O vine of Sibʹmah.68 Your own flourishing shoots have crossed over the sea. To the sea—[to] Jaʹzer69—they have reached. Upon your summer fruitage70 and upon your grape gathering the despoiler himself has fallen.71
  33. And rejoicing and joyfulness have been taken away from the orchard and from the land of Moʹab.72 And from the winepresses I have caused the wine itself to cease.73 No one will be doing the treading with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting.’”74
  34. ¶ “‘From the cry in Heshʹbon75 clear to E·le·aʹleh,76 clear to Jaʹhaz77 they have given forth their voice,78 from Zoʹar79 clear to Hor·o·naʹim,80 to Egʹlath-she·liʹshi·yah;81 for even the waters of Nimʹrim82 themselves will become mere desolations.
  35. And I will cause to cease from Moʹab,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘the one bringing up an offering upon the high place and the one making sacrificial smoke to his god.[l]83
  36. That is why my own heart will be boisterous for Moʹab himself, just like flutes;84 and for the men of Kir-heʹres85 my very heart will be boisterous, just like flutes. That is why the very abundance that he has produced will certainly perish.86
  37. For upon every head there is baldness,87 and every beard is clipped.88 Upon all hands there are cuts,89 and upon the hips there is sackcloth!’”90
  38. ¶ “‘On all the roofs of Moʹab and in her public squares—all of it—there is wailing;91 for I have broken Moʹab just like a vessel in which there is no delight,’92 is the utterance of Jehovah.
  39. ‘O how she has become terrified![m] Howl, YOU people! O how Moʹab has turned the back! He has become ashamed.93 And Moʹab has become an object of ridicule and something terrifying to all those round about him.’”
  40. ¶ “For this is what Jehovah has said, ‘Look! Just like an eagle that pounces,94 someone must also spread his wings over Moʹab.95
  41. The towns will actually be captured, and her own strong places will certainly be seized. And the heart of the mighty men of Moʹab must become in that day like the heart of a wife having childbirth distress.’”96
  42. ¶ “‘And Moʹab will certainly be annihilated from being a people,97 for it is against Jehovah that he has put on great airs.98
  43. Dread and the hollow and the trap are upon you, O inhabitant of Moʹab,’99 is the utterance of Jehovah.
  44. ‘Anyone fleeing because of the dread will fall into the hollow; and anyone coming up out of the hollow will be caught in the trap.’100
    ¶ “‘For I shall bring upon her, upon Moʹab, the year of their being given attention,’101 is the utterance of Jehovah.
  45. ‘In the shadow of Heshʹbon those fleeing have stood still without power. For a very fire will certainly go forth out of Heshʹbon,102 and a flame from the midst of Siʹhon;103 and it will devour the temples of Moʹab and the crown of the head of the sons of uproar.’104
  46. ¶ “‘Woe to you,[n] O Moʹab!105 The people of Cheʹmosh106 have perished. For your sons have been taken as captives and your daughters as captives.
  47. And I will gather the captive ones of Moʹab in the final part of the days,’107 is the utterance of Jehovah. ‘Down to this point is the judgment upon Moʹab.’”108

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “your soul,” sing. but in a collective sense. Heb., naph·shekhemʹ; Gr., psy·khasʹ; Lat., aʹni·mas.
  2. ^ “A juniper tree.” The meaning of the Heb. word is uncertain; by a correction in agreement with LXX, “a wild ass.”
  3. ^ “Your,” fem. sing., referring to Moab.
  4. ^ Lit., “Moab.”
  5. ^ Lit., “his.”
  6. ^ Lit., “he.”
  7. ^ Lit., “him.” “Moab” is fem. in vss 1-9.
  8. ^ “Their,” masc. pl., referring to the men of Moab.
  9. ^ Heb., Yahʹtsah.
  10. ^ “You,” masc. sing.
  11. ^ “He,” Mmargin; M, “she.”
  12. ^ Or, “to his gods.” Heb., leʼ·lo·havʹ; Lat., diʹis.
  13. ^ Or, “she has been shattered!”
  14. ^ “You,” masc. sing.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 19:37
  2. ^ Is 15:1
  3. ^ Nu 32:38
  4. ^ Jos 13:19; Eze 25:9
  5. ^ Is 15:2; 16:12
  6. ^ Is 16:14
  7. ^ Nu 32:37; Is 16:8
  8. ^ Ps 83:4
  9. ^ Is 15:5; Je 48:34
  10. ^ Nu 21:28
  11. ^ Is 15:5
  12. ^ Nu 21:29; Is 15:3
  13. ^ Eze 18:23
  14. ^ Jb 30:3; Je 17:6
  15. ^ Je 9:23; Eze 7:19; Ho 10:13
  16. ^ Nu 21:29; Jg 11:24; 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13
  17. ^ Is 46:2; Je 43:12
  18. ^ Je 49:3
  19. ^ Je 6:26
  20. ^ Eze 25:9
  21. ^ Is 16:14
  22. ^ Zp 2:9
  23. ^ Nu 31:15; Jg 5:23; 1Sa 15:19; 1Ki 20:42
  24. ^ Ps 123:4; Pr 1:32
  25. ^ Zp 1:12
  26. ^ Eze 25:9
  27. ^ Jg 11:24; 1Ki 11:7; Is 45:16
  28. ^ 1Ki 12:29; Ho 10:15; Am 5:5
  29. ^ Ps 33:16; Pr 8:13; 15:25; Ec 9:11; Is 2:12; 16:6
  30. ^ Is 16:14; Je 48:8
  31. ^ Is 34:2
  32. ^ Ps 24:8; Je 46:18; Da 4:37; Ml 1:14
  33. ^ De 32:35; Is 16:14; Eze 12:28; 25:11
  34. ^ Ro 1:32
  35. ^ Is 9:4; 14:4
  36. ^ Is 47:1; Je 46:19
  37. ^ Nu 21:30; Jos 13:17; Is 15:2
  38. ^ Je 48:8
  39. ^ Nu 32:34; De 2:36; 2Sa 24:5; 1Ch 5:8
  40. ^ 1Sa 4:14
  41. ^ Is 15:5
  42. ^ Nu 21:13; Jos 13:9; Jg 11:18; Is 16:7
  43. ^ Zp 2:9
  44. ^ Nu 21:23; Jg 11:20; Is 15:4
  45. ^ Jos 13:18; 21:37; 1Ch 6:79
  46. ^ Nu 32:34; Je 48:18
  47. ^ Nu 32:3; 1Ch 5:8
  48. ^ Nu 32:37; Je 48:1
  49. ^ Nu 32:38; Jos 13:17; Eze 25:9
  50. ^ Am 2:2
  51. ^ De 4:43
  52. ^ Ps 75:10
  53. ^ Jb 38:15; Ps 10:15; 37:17; Eze 30:21
  54. ^ Ps 75:8; Je 25:15
  55. ^ Je 48:42; Eze 35:13
  56. ^ Is 19:14
  57. ^ Ps 44:13; Pr 24:17; La 2:15; Zp 2:8
  58. ^ Je 2:26
  59. ^ Jg 6:2
  60. ^ Nu 24:21; Ps 55:6; Sg 2:14; Je 49:16
  61. ^ Ps 94:2; Pr 8:13; Is 16:6; Zp 2:10
  62. ^ Jb 40:12; Pr 18:12; Is 25:11; Jm 4:6
  63. ^ Is 16:6; 44:25; Je 50:36
  64. ^ Ps 33:10; Pr 21:30
  65. ^ Is 15:5
  66. ^ 2Ki 3:25; Is 16:7
  67. ^ Nu 21:32; 32:35; Jos 21:39
  68. ^ Nu 32:38; Jos 13:19; Is 16:8
  69. ^ Jos 13:25
  70. ^ Je 40:10
  71. ^ Is 16:9; Je 48:8
  72. ^ Je 25:10; Jl 1:12
  73. ^ Is 5:10; 7:23
  74. ^ Is 16:10; Je 25:30
  75. ^ Nu 21:25; Jos 13:17; Je 48:2
  76. ^ Nu 32:37; Is 16:9
  77. ^ Nu 21:23; De 2:32; Jg 11:20
  78. ^ Is 15:4
  79. ^ De 34:3
  80. ^ Je 48:3
  81. ^ Is 15:5
  82. ^ Is 15:6
  83. ^ Nu 22:40; Is 16:12
  84. ^ Is 15:5; 16:11; Mt 9:23
  85. ^ Je 48:31
  86. ^ Pr 11:4; 18:11; Is 15:7; Je 17:11
  87. ^ Je 16:6; 47:5; Mc 1:16
  88. ^ Is 7:20; 15:2
  89. ^ Le 19:28; 1Ki 18:28; Je 47:5
  90. ^ Ge 37:34; Eze 27:31; Da 9:3
  91. ^ Is 15:3; 22:1
  92. ^ Je 22:28; Ho 8:8
  93. ^ Is 20:4
  94. ^ De 28:49; La 4:19; Ho 8:1; Hab 1:8
  95. ^ Is 8:8; Je 49:22
  96. ^ Is 13:8; 21:3; Je 49:22; Mc 4:9; 1Th 5:3
  97. ^ Ps 83:4; Is 7:8; Je 30:11
  98. ^ Jb 9:4; Pr 16:18; Je 48:29
  99. ^ Ps 11:6; Is 24:17
  100. ^ 1Ki 19:17; 20:30; Am 2:14; 5:19
  101. ^ Is 10:3
  102. ^ Nu 21:28; Am 2:2
  103. ^ Nu 21:26; De 2:26; Jos 13:21
  104. ^ Nu 24:17
  105. ^ Nu 21:29
  106. ^ Jg 11:24; 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13; Je 48:7
  107. ^ Je 49:6, 39
  108. ^ Eze 25:11

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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