Jeremiah 47-48
Judgment on the
Nations I
I. The
Word Against Philistia 47:1-7
“47:1 That
which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning
the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza. 2 Thus says the LORD:
"Behold, waters are going to rise from the north and become an
overflowing torrent, and overflow the land and all its fullness, the
city and those who live in it; and the men will cry out, and every
inhabitant of the land will wail. 3 "Because of the noise of the
galloping hoofs of his stallions, the tumult of his chariots, and the
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers have not turned back for their
children, because of the limpness of their hands, 4 On account of the
day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from
Tyre and Sidon every ally that is left; for the LORD is going to
destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor. 5
"Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been ruined. O
remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself? 6 "Ah,
sword of the LORD, how long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your
sheath; Be at rest and stay still. 7 "How can it be quiet, when
the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the
seacoast - there He has assigned it."”
II. The
Word Against Moab 48:1-47
A.
Misplaced Trust vs. 1-9
“48:1
Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Woe
to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame,
it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and
shattered. 2 "There is praise for Moab no longer; In Heshbon
they have devised calamity against her: 'Come and let us cut her off
from being a nation!' You too, Madmen, will be silenced; The sword
will follow after you. 3 "The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
'Devastation and great destruction!' 4 "Moab is broken, Her
little ones have sounded out a cry of distress. 5 "For by the
ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the
descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.
6 "Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the
wilderness. 7 "For because of your trust in your own
achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And
Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his
princes. 8 "A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city
will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be
destroyed, As the LORD has said. 9 "Give wings to Moab, For she
will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without
inhabitants in them.”
“10
"Cursed be the one who does the LORD'S work negligently, And
cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood. 11 "Moab
has been at ease since his youth; He has also been undisturbed, like
wine on its dregs, And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, And his
aroma has not changed. 12 "Therefore behold, the days are
coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send to him those
who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his
vessels and shatter his jars. 13 "And Moab will be ashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their
confidence.”
B. Misplaced
Pride vs. 14-20
“14 "How
can you say, 'We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle '?
15 "Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities;
His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,"
Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. 16 "The
disaster of Moab will soon come, And his calamity has swiftly
hastened. 17 "Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even
all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter been
broken, A staff of splendor!' 18 "Come down from your glory And
sit on the parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, For the
destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your
strongholds. 19 "Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant
of Aroer; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has
happened?' 20 "Moab has been put to shame, for it has been
shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been
destroyed.”
C. Misplaced
Loyalties vs. 21-28
“21
"Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and
against Mephaath, 22 against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim, 23
against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul and Beth-meon, 24 against Kerioth,
Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 "The
horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken," declares the
LORD. 26 "Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the
LORD; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a
laughingstock. 27 "Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or
was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you
shake your head in scorn. 28 "Leave the cities and dwell among
the crags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.”
D. Misplaced
Priorities vs. 29-39
“29 "We
have heard of the pride of Moab -he is very proud - Of his
haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation. 30 "I
know his fury," declares the LORD, "But it is futile; His
idle boasts have accomplished nothing. 31 "Therefore I will wail
for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men
of Kir-heres. 32 "More than the weeping for Jazer I will weep
for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea,
They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your
grape harvest The destroyer has fallen. 33 "So gladness and joy
are taken away From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab.
And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses; No one will
tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy.”
“34 "From
the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised
their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah;
for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. 35 "I will
make an end of Moab," declares the LORD, "the one who
offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who burns incense to
his gods. 36 "Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My
heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they
have lost the abundance it produced. 37 "For every head is bald
and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and
sackcloth on the loins. 38 "On all the housetops of Moab and in
its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab
like an undesirable vessel," declares the LORD. 39 "How
shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back -
he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of
terror to all around him."”
E. Measured
Judgment vs. 40-47
“40 For
thus says the LORD: "Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle
And spread out his wings against Moab. 41 "Kerioth has been
captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the
mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in
labor. 42 "Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he
has become arrogant toward the LORD. 43 "Terror, pit and snare
are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD.
44 "The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab, The year of their
punishment," declares the LORD. 45 "In the shadow of
Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength; For a fire has gone
forth from Heshbon And a flame from the midst of Sihon, And it has
devoured the forehead of Moab And the scalps of the riotous revelers.
46 "Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; For
your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into
captivity. 47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab In the
latter days," declares the LORD. Thus far the judgment on Moab.”
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