20 Egypt is likea very fair heifer, butdestruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men arein the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned
back, andare fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was
come upon them, andthe time of their visitation.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come
against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they
are more than the grasshoppers, and areinnumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people
of the north.
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and
Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and allthem that trust in
him:
26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be
inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save
thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be
in rest and at ease, and none shall make himafraid.
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I amwith thee; for I will make a full
end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but
correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that
Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing
flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein:
then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots,
and atthe rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to theirchildren for
feebleness of hands;
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, andto cut off from Tyrus and
Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the
country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off withthe remnant of their valley: how long
wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it beere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy
scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the
sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled:
Kiriathaim is confounded andtaken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
2 There shall beno more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and
let us cut it off from beinga nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall
pursue thee.
3 A voice of crying shall befrom Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
4 Moab 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 heath in the wilderness.

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 withhis 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.
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 Cursed behe that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed behe that keepeth back
his sword from blood.
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.
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.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their
confidence.
14 How say ye, We aremighty and strong men for the war?
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out ofher cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the
slaughter, saith the King, whose name isthe LORD of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab isnear to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong
staff broken, andthe beautiful rod!
18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thyglory, and sit in thirst; for the
spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, andhe shall destroy thy strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that
escapeth, andsay, What is done?
20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl 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 Bethdiblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himselfagainst 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.
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 pride 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 shallnot beso; his lies shall not so effect it.
31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heartshall mourn for
the men of Kirheres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over
the sea, they reach evento the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and
upon thy vintage.
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; theirshouting shall

beno shouting.
34 From the cry of Heshbon evenunto Elealeh, and evenunto Jahaz, have they uttered their
voice, from Zoar evenunto Horonaim, asan 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.
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 thathe hath gotten are perished.
37 For every head shall bebald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall becuttings,
and upon the loins sackcloth.
38 There shall belamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets
thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein isno 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.
40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over
Moab.
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.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed from beinga people, because he hath magnified himselfagainst
the LORD.
43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall beupon 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, evenupon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith
the LORD.
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.
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives,
and thy daughters captives.
47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far isthe
judgment of Moab.
1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why
thendoth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be
heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be
burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth;
lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, andhis priests
and his princes together.
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that
trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about
thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that
wandereth.
6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Iswisdom no more in Teman? is counsel
perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau
upon him, the time thatI will visit him.