her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away
together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of
their visitation.
[22] The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come
against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
[23] They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though
it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
[24] The
daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
[25]
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and
Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
[26] And I will deliver
them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the
LORD.
[27] But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save
thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and
at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
[28] Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I
am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a
full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Jer.47
[1] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh
smote Gaza.
[2] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing
flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the
men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
[3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs
of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall
not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
[4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the
Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the
Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
[5] Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off
with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
[6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long
will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
[7] How can it be quiet,
seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he
appointed it.
Jer.48
[1] Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim
is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
[2] There shall be no more praise of Moab: in
Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt
be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
[3] A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling
and great destruction.
[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 in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have
heard a cry of destruction.
[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, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth
into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
[8] And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and
no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath
spoken.
[9] Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate,
without any to dwell therein.
[10] Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed
be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
[11] Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath
settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore
his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
[12] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels,
and break their bottles.
[13] And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed
of Bethel their confidence.
[14] How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
[15] Moab is
spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith
the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[16] The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
hasteth fast.
[17] All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the