48

Ecclesiastes Chapter 48

1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe

2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have

3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great

4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall

9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the

10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and

11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will

13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was

14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 48:15

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth

17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his

18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory,

19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that

25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the

26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD:

27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the

29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his

30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his

31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;

32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of

33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from

34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz,

35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that

36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine

37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all

38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of

39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab

40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the

42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath

43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O

44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he

45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the

46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for

47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,