Jeremiah 48:12

Easy To Read Version

The Lord says these things.\par “But I will soon send men\par to pour you from your jars. {\cf2\super [381]} \par Then they will empty the jars\par and smash them to pieces.”\par

Cross References

Psalm 2:9

You could destroy those nations like\par an iron rod shattering a clay pot. {\cf2\super [5]} ”\par

Isaiah 16:2

The women of Moab {\cf2\super [166]} try to cross\par the river Arnon.\par They run from one place to another\par looking for help.\par They are like little birds lost on the ground\par after their nest has fallen from a tree.\par

Isaiah 30:14

You will be like a large clay jar that breaks and becomes many, many small pieces. Those pieces are useless. You can’t use those pieces to get a hot coal from the fire or to get water from a pool in the ground.”

Jeremiah 14:3

The leaders of the people send their servants\par to get water.\par The servants go to the water storage places,\par but they don’t find any water.\par The servants come back with empty jars.\par So they are ashamed and embarrassed.\par They cover their heads from shame.\par

Jeremiah 19:10

“Jeremiah, you will tell those things to the people. And while they are watching, you will break that jar.

Jeremiah 25:34

Shepherds (leaders), you should be leading\par the sheep (people).\par Start crying you great leaders!\par Roll around on the ground in pain,\par you leaders of the sheep (people).\par Why? Because it is now time\par for your slaughter. {\cf2\super [203]} \par \{I will scatter your sheep.\}\par They will scatter everywhere,\par like pieces flying from a broken jar.\par

Jeremiah 25:9

So I will soon send for all the family groups of the north. {\cf2\super [202]} ” This message is from the Lord. “I will soon send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is my servant. I will bring those people against the land of Judah and against the people of Judah. I will bring them against all the nations around you too. I will destroy all of those countries. I will make those lands like an empty desert forever. People will see those countries, and whistle at how badly they were destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:11

“Moab has never known trouble.\par Moab is like wine left to settle.\par Moab has never been poured\par from one jar to another.\par He has not been taken into captivity.\par So he tastes like he did before.\par And his smell has not changed.”\par

Jeremiah 48:13

Then the people of Moab will be ashamed of their false god, Chemosh. {\cf2\super [382]} The people of Israel trusted that \{false god\} in Bethel. {\cf2\super [383]} And the people of Israel were embarrassed \{when that false god did not help them\}. Moab will be like that.

Jeremiah 48:15

The enemy will attack Moab.\par The enemy will enter those towns\par and destroy them.\par Her best young men will be killed\par in the slaughter.”\par This message is from the King.\par The King’s name is the Lord All Powerful.\par

Jeremiah 48:38

People are crying for the dead everywhere in Moab—on every housetop and in every public square. There is sadness because I have broken Moab like an empty jar.” The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 48:8

The Destroyer will come against every town.\par Not one town will escape.\par The valley will be ruined.\par The high plain will be destroyed.\par The Lord said this would happen,\par so it will happen.\par

Nahum 2:2

Yes, the Lord changed Jacob’s {\cf2\super [5]} pride.\par He made it like Israel’s pride.\par \{The enemy\} destroyed them\par and ruined their grapevines.\par