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Jeremiah 48:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But now, I will send enemies to pour out the wine and smash the jars!

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You will smash them with an iron rod and shatter them like dishes of clay.”

The women of Moab crossing the River Arnon are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.

and shatter like a crushed bowl. There's not a piece left big enough to carry hot coals or to scoop up water.”

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.

Jeremiah, as soon as you have said this, smash the jar while the people are watching.

The LORD's people are his flock, and you leaders were the shepherds. But now it's your turn to be butchered like sheep. You'll shatter like fine pottery dropped on the floor. So roll on the ground, crying and mourning.

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins for ever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

Moab, you are like wine left to settle undisturbed, never poured from jar to jar. And so, your nation continues to prosper and improve.

Then you will be ashamed, because your god Chemosh cannot save you, just as Bethel could not help the Israelites.

But I am the LORD, the all-powerful King, and I promise that enemies will overpower your towns. Even your best warriors will die in the battle.

Not one of your towns will escape destruction. I have told your enemies, “Wipe out the valley and the flat lands of Moab.

Judah and Israel are like trees with branches broken by their enemies. But the LORD is going to restore their power and glory.




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