Jeremiah 48:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Moab has been at ease from his youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; therefore his flavor has remained, and his aroma is unspoiled.

Cross References

Psalm 123:4

Our soul has had more than its fill of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.

Psalm 55:19

God, who is enthroned from of old, Selah will hear and will humble them, because they do not change and do not fear God.

Proverbs 1:32

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab —how proud he is!— of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; his boasts are false.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, “I will not listen.” This has been your way from your youth, for you have not obeyed my voice.

Jeremiah 48:12

Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him and empty his vessels and break his jars in pieces.

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has spewed me out.

Nahum 2:10

Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble; all loins quake; all faces grow pale!

Nahum 2:2

(For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their branches.)

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who settle like dregs in wine, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.”

Zechariah 1:15

and I am extremely angry with the nations that are at ease, for while I was only a little angry, they made the disaster worse.