So Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Jeremiah 48:39 - Tree of Life Version “‘How shattered it is!’ they wailed! ‘How Moab turned his back in shame!’ So Moab will become a laughingstock and a horror to all around him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become [an object of] a derision and a [horrifying] terror to all who are round about him. American Standard Version (1901) How is it broken down! how do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him. Common English Bible How it’s shattered! Go wail! How Moab turns away! What shame! Moab has become the butt of every joke, horrific to all its neighbors. Catholic Public Domain Version How was it conquered, so that they would wail? How is it that Moab has cast down his neck and been confounded? And Moab will be a derision and an example to everyone around him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How is it overthrown and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision and an example to all round about him. |
So Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Mourn for him, all who are around him, all who know his name. Say: ‘How the mighty scepter, the splendid rod, is broken!’
How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She who was once great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer.
How my Lord has clouded over the daughter of Zion in His anger! He hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth. He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.
How dulled is the gold, how tarnished the fine gold. The sacred gems are poured out at the corner of every street.