The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,(A)
as the Lord has said.
Make Moab a salt marsh,[a](B)
for she will run away;[b]
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.

10 The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully[c] is cursed,(C)
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:9 LXX reads a sign; Vg reads a flower; Syr, Tg read a crown
  2. Jeremiah 48:9 Hb obscure
  3. Jeremiah 48:10 Or negligently

The destroyer(A) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau(B) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
Put salt(C) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(D)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(E) from bloodshed!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away