The Lord sends out from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes.
Jeremiah 48:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Mourn over him, all you his neighbors, and all who know his name; say, “How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Bemoan him, all you [nations] who are around him, and all you [nations more remote] who know his name; say, How broken is the mighty scepter [of national power] and the splendid rod [of glory]! American Standard Version (1901) All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod! Common English Bible Grieve for this nation, you neighbors of Moab, all you who know his name. Proclaim how its mighty scepter and magnificent staff are shattered! Catholic Public Domain Version Console him, all you who surround him and all you who know his name. Say: 'How has the strong staff become broken, the glorious staff?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Comfort him, all you that are round about him. And all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod? |
The Lord sends out from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger— the club in their hands is my fury!
that struck down the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vines of Sibmah, whose clusters once made drunk the lords of the nations, reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; their shoots once spread abroad and crossed over the sea.
For the yoke of their burden and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all his neighbors.