Jeremiah 48:7

⁵ For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

⁶ ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

⁸ The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

⁹ Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
ASV: For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
DARBY: For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
BLB: For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be captured; and Chemosh will go forth into exile, his priests and his princes together.

ÅB: Fordi du satte din lit til dit gods og dine skatter, skal også du bli hærtatt, og Kamos skal gå i fangenskap, hans prester og hans høvdinger alle sammen.
OTB: Fordi du stoler på dine gjerninger og rikdommer, skal også du bli fanget, og Kamosj skal gå i eksil, sammen med sine prester og embetsmenn.
B1930: Fordi du satte din lit til dit gods og dine skatter, skal også du bli hærtatt, og Kamos skal gå i fangenskap, hans prester og hans høvdinger alle sammen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
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Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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Jeremiah 49:3
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
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Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
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Isaiah 46:1–2
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
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Hosea 10:13
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
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1 Kings 11:33
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
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Jeremiah 48:46
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.
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