Jeremiah 48:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures, you shall be captured. And Kemosh shall go forth into exile, his priests and his heads together.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 with his priests and his princes together.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For because you have trusted in your works [your bungling idol images] and in your treasures [instead of in God], you shall also be taken. And Chemosh [your god] shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Common English Bible

⁷ Because you have relied on your own strength and treasures, you also will be captured. Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.

Jeremiah 48:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21

And they left their images there, and Dawiḏ

1 Kings 11:33

‘Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth the mighty one of the Tsiḏ

1 Kings 11:7

Then Shelomoh built a high place for Kemosh the abomination of Mo’aḇ

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is that man who has made יהוה  his trust, And has not turned to the proud, And those turning aside to falsehood.

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who did not make Elohim his strength, But trusted in his many riches, Being strong in his destruction.”

Jeremiah 13:25

“This is your lot, your measured portion from Me,” declares יהוה, “because you have forgotten Me, and trust in falsehood.

Jeremiah 43:12

“And he shall set fire to the houses of the mighty ones of Mitsrayim. And he shall burn them and take them captive. And he shall cover himself with the land of Mitsrayim, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.

Jeremiah 48:13

“And Mo’aḇ

Jeremiah 48:46

“Woe to you, O Mo’aḇ

Jeremiah 49:3

“Howl, O Ḥ

Jeremiah 49:4

“Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter who is trusting in her treasures, saying, ‘Who would come against me?’

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said יהוה, “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty boast in his might, nor let the rich boast in his riches,

Hosea 10:13

You have ploughed wrongness, you have reaped unrighteousness, you have eaten the fruit of lying, because you trusted in your own way, in your many mighty men.

Numbers 21:29

“Woe to you, Mo’aḇ

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,

Revelation 18:7

“As much as she esteemed herself and lived riotously, so much torture and grief give to her, because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as sovereigness, and I am not a widow, and I do not see mourning at all.’

Judges 11:24

‘Whatever Kemosh your mighty one gives you to possess, do you not possess it? And all that which יהוה  our Elohim takes possession of before us, we possess.