Quotes about Moab
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- Jeremiah 48:33
In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
- Jeremiah 48:35
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
- Jeremiah 48:36
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:38
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
- Jeremiah 48:39
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 48:40
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Jeremiah 48:41
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:42
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:43
“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:44
“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
- Jeremiah 48:45
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
- Jeremiah 48:46