Jeremiah 48 – NIRV & CST

New International Reader’s Version

Jeremiah 48:1-47

A Message About Moab

1Here is what the Lord says about Moab.

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,

“How terrible it will be for the city of Nebo!

It will be destroyed.

Kiriathaim will be captured.

It will be put to shame.

Its fort will be broken down.

It will be put to shame.

2Moab will not be praised anymore.

In Heshbon people will plan its fall from power.

They will say, ‘Come. Let’s put an end to that nation.’

City of Madmen, you too will be silent.

My sword will hunt you down.

3Cries of sorrow come from Horonaim.

The town is being completely destroyed.

4Moab will be broken.

Her little ones will cry out.

5The people go up the hill to Luhith.

They are weeping bitterly as they go.

Loud cries are heard on the road down to Horonaim.

People cry out because the town is being destroyed.

6People of Moab, run away! Run for your lives!

Become like a lonely bush in the desert.

7You trust in the things you can do.

You trust in your riches.

So you too will be taken away as prisoners.

Your god named Chemosh will be carried away.

So will its priests and officials.

8The one who is going to destroy you

will come against every town.

Not even one of them will escape.

The valley and the high plain

will be destroyed.

The Lord has spoken.

9Sprinkle salt all over Moab.

It will be completely destroyed.

Its towns will be a dry and empty desert.

No one will live in them.

10“May anyone who is lazy when they do the Lord’s work

be under my curse!

May anyone who keeps their sword from killing

be under my curse!

11“Moab has been at peace and rest from its earliest days.

It is like wine that has not been shaken up.

It has not been poured from one jar to another.

Moab’s people have not been taken away from their land.

They are like wine that tastes as it always did.

Its smell has not changed at all.

12But other days are coming,” announces the Lord.

“At that time I will send people who pour wine from pitchers.

They will pour Moab out like wine.

They will empty its pitchers.

They will smash its jars.

13Then Moab’s people will be ashamed of their god named Chemosh.

They will be ashamed just as the people of Israel were

when they trusted in their false god at Bethel.

14“How can you say, ‘We are soldiers.

We are men who are brave in battle’?

15Moab will be destroyed.

Its enemies will march into its towns.

Its finest young men will die in battle,”

announces the King.

His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.

16“The fall of Moab is near.

Its time of trouble will come quickly.

17All you who live around it, mourn for its people.

Be sad, you who know how famous Moab is.

Say, ‘Its powerful ruler’s scepter is broken!

His glorious scepter is smashed.’

18“Come down from your glorious city, you who live in Dibon.

Come and sit on the thirsty ground.

The one who destroys Moab

will come up and attack you.

Your enemies will destroy your cities

that have high walls around them.

19Stand by the road and watch,

you who live in Aroer.

Ask the men who are running away.

Ask the women who are escaping.

Ask them, ‘What has happened?’

20Moab has been put to shame.

It has been destroyed.

Weep and cry out!

Tell everyone Moab has been destroyed.

Announce it by the Arnon River.

21The high plain has been judged.

So have Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath.

22Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim have been judged.

23So have Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon.

24Kerioth and Bozrah have also been judged.

And so have all the towns of Moab, far and near alike.

25Moab’s power is gone.

Its strength is broken,”

announces the Lord.

26“Moab’s people think they are better than I am.

So let their enemies make them drunk.

Let the people get sick and throw up.

Let them roll around in the mess they have made.

Let people laugh at them.

27Moab, you laughed at Israel, didn’t you?

Were Israel’s people caught among robbers?

Is that why you shake your head at them?

Is that why you make fun of them

every time you talk about them?

28Leave your towns,

you who live in Moab.

Go and live among the rocks.

Be like a dove that makes its nest

at the entrance of a cave.

29“We have heard all about Moab’s pride.

We have heard how very proud they are.

They think they are so much better than others.

Their pride reaches deep down inside their hearts.

30I know how rude they are.

But it will not get them anywhere,” announces the Lord.

“Their bragging does not accomplish anything.

31So I weep over Moab.

I cry for all Moab’s people.

I groan for the people of Kir Hareseth.

32I weep for you as Jazer weeps,

you vines of Sibmah.

Your branches used to spread out.

They went all the way down to the Dead Sea.

They reached as far as the sea of Jazer.

The one who destroys your country

has taken away your grapes and ripe fruit.

33Joy has left your orchards.

Gladness is gone from your fields.

I have stopped the flow of juice from your winepresses.

No one stomps on your grapes with shouts of joy.

There are shouts.

But they are not shouts of joy.

34“The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon.

It rises as far as Elealeh and Jahaz.

It rises from Zoar.

It goes all the way to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah.

Even the waters at Nimrim are dried up.

35In Moab people sacrifice offerings on the high places.

They burn incense to their gods.

But I will put an end to those people,”

announces the Lord.

36“Like a flute my heart sings a song of sadness for Moab.

It sings like a flute for the people of Kir Hareseth.

The wealth they had acquired is gone.

37Every head is shaved.

Every beard is cut off.

Every hand is cut.

And every waist is covered with the clothes of sadness.

38Weeping is the only sound in Moab.

It is heard on all its roofs.

It is heard in the market.

I have broken Moab

like a jar that no one wants,”

announces the Lord.

39“How broken Moab is! How the people weep!

They turn away from others

because they are so ashamed.

All those around them laugh at them.

They are shocked at them.”

40The Lord says,

“Look! Nebuchadnezzar is like an eagle diving down.

He is spreading his wings over Moab.

41Kerioth will be captured.

Its forts will be taken.

At that time the hearts of Moab’s soldiers will tremble in fear.

They will be like the heart of a woman having a baby.

42Moab will be destroyed as a nation.

That is because its people thought

they were better than the Lord.

43You people of Moab,”

announces the Lord,

“terror, a pit and a trap are waiting for you.

44Anyone who runs away from the terror

will fall into the pit.

Anyone who climbs out of the pit

will be caught in the trap.

The time is coming

when I will punish Moab,”

announces the Lord.

45“In the shadow of Heshbon

those who are trying to escape stand helpless.

A fire has blazed out from Heshbon.

Flames have come out from Sihon’s city.

It burns the foreheads of Moab’s people.

It burns the skulls of those who brag loudly.

46How terrible it will be for you, Moab!

Those who worship Chemosh are destroyed.

Your sons are being taken to another country.

Your daughters are taken away as prisoners.

47“But in days to come

I will bless Moab with great success again,”

announces the Lord.

This ends the report about how the Lord would judge Moab.

Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)

Jeremías 48:1-47

Mensaje para Moab

48:29-36Is 16:6-12

1Así dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel, acerca de Moab:

«¡Ay de Nebo, porque será devastada!

¡Quiriatayin será capturada y puesta en vergüenza!

¡Su fortaleza48:1 Su fortaleza. Alt. Misgab. será humillada y destruida!

2La gloria de Moab ha desaparecido;

en Hesbón48:2 En hebreo, Hesbón suena como el verbo que significa maquinan. maquinan el mal contra ella:

“¡Venid, hagamos desaparecer a esta nación!”

También tú, Madmén,48:2 En hebreo, Madmén suena como el verbo que significa serás silenciada. serás silenciada,

y la espada te perseguirá.

3Se oye el clamor desde Joronayin:

¡devastación y gran destrucción!

4Moab será quebrantada;

ya se oyen los gritos de sus pequeños.

5Por la cuesta de Luhit

suben llorando sin cesar;

por la bajada de Joronayin

se oyen gritos de dolor,

por causa de la destrucción.

6¡Huid! ¡Sálvese quien pueda!

¡Sed como las zarzas48:6 las zarzas (véanse Aquila y Vulgata). Alt. Aroer. del desierto!

7Por cuanto confías en tus obras y en tus riquezas,

también tú serás capturada.

Quemós, tu dios, irá al exilio,

junto con sus sacerdotes y oficiales.

8El destructor vendrá contra toda ciudad,

y ni una sola de ellas escapará.

El valle quedará en ruinas,

y la meseta quedará destruida,

tal como ha dicho el Señor.

9Colocad una lápida48:9 lápida (LXX); en TM, palabra de difícil traducción. para Moab,

porque yace destruida;

sus ciudades están desoladas,

y sin habitante alguno.

10»¡Maldito el que sea negligente

para realizar el trabajo del Señor!

¡Maldito el que de la sangre

retraiga su espada!

11»Moab ha vivido en paz desde su juventud;

ha reposado sobre sus heces.

No ha pasado de vasija en vasija,

ni ha ido jamás al exilio.

Por eso conserva su sabor

y no pierde su aroma.

12Pero vienen días —afirma el Señor

en que enviaré gente que transvasará a Moab;

y vaciará sus vasijas

y romperá sus cántaros.

13Entonces Moab se avergonzará de Quemós,

como el pueblo de Israel se avergonzó de Betel,

santuario en el que había depositado su confianza.

14»¿Cómo os atrevéis a decir:

“Somos guerreros,

hombres valientes para la guerra”?

15Moab será devastada

y sus ciudades, invadidas

—afirma el Rey,

cuyo nombre es el Señor Todopoderoso—:

Lo mejor de su juventud

descenderá al matadero.

16La ruina de Moab se acerca;

su calamidad es inminente.

17Llorad por él todos sus vecinos,

los que sabéis de su fama.

Decid: “¡Cómo se ha quebrado el cetro

tan poderoso e imponente!”

18»Tú, que habitas en Dibón:

desciende de tu lugar de honor

y siéntate en el sequedal,

porque el destructor de Moab te ataca

y destruye tus fortificaciones.

19Tú, que habitas en Aroer,

párate a la vera del camino, y observa;

pregunta a los que huyen, hombres y mujeres:

“¿Qué es lo que ha sucedido?”

20Moab está humillado;

ha sido destrozado.

¡Gemid y clamad!

¡Anunciad por el río Arnón

que Moab ha sido devastado!

21El juicio ha llegado hasta la meseta

contra Holón, Yahaza y Mefat;

22contra Dibón, Nebo y Bet Diblatayin;

23contra Quiriatayin, Bet Gamul y Bet Megón,

24contra Queriot y Bosra,

y contra todas las ciudades de Moab,

cercanas y lejanas.

25El poder48:25 poder. Lit. cuerno. de Moab ha desaparecido;

¡su fuerza está abatida!

—afirma el Señor—.

26»¡Emborrachad a Moab,

porque ha desafiado al Señor!

¡Que se regodee en su vómito,

y se convierta en objeto de burla!

27¿Acaso no te burlabas de Israel,

y con tus palabras lo despreciabas,

como si hubiera sido sorprendido entre ladrones?

28Habitantes de Moab,

¡abandonad las ciudades

y vivid entre las rocas!

Sed como las palomas

que anidan al borde de los precipicios.

29»Conocemos bien el orgullo de Moab,

ese orgullo exagerado.

¡Tanta soberbia y tanto orgullo!

¡Tanta arrogancia y altivez!

30Yo conozco su insolencia,

pero sus jactancias no logran nada

—afirma el Señor—.

31Por eso lloro por Moab;

gimo por toda su gente,

sollozo por el pueblo de Quir Jeres.

32Lloro por ti, viña de Sibma,

más que por Jazer;

tus sarmientos sobrepasan el mar

y llegan hasta Jazer,

pero caerá el destructor

sobre tu cosecha y sobre tu vendimia.

33De los fértiles campos de Moab

han desaparecido el gozo y la alegría.

Acabé con el vino de tus lagares;

ya nadie pisa las uvas entre gritos de alborozo;

los gritos ya no son de regocijo.

34»El clamor de Hesbón llega hasta Elalé y Yahaza,

su voz se alza desde Zoar

hasta Joronayin y Eglat Selisiyá.

Porque hasta las aguas de Nimrín

se han secado.

35Acabaré con la gente de Moab

que ofrece sacrificios en altares paganos

y quema incienso a sus dioses

—afirma el Señor—.

36»Por eso, con sonido de flautas

gime por Moab mi corazón;

con sonido de flautas

gime mi corazón por Quir Jeres,

porque han desaparecido

las riquezas que acumularon.

37Toda cabeza está rapada

y toda barba rasurada;

en todas las manos hay incisiones,

y todos están vestidos de luto.

38Sobre todos los techos de Moab,

y por todas sus plazas,

solo se escuchan lamentos;

porque rompí en pedazos a Moab

como a una vasija desechada

—afirma el Señor—.

39¡Cómo quedó hecha pedazos!

¡Cómo gimen!

Moab ha vuelto la espalda

del todo avergonzada.

Es para todos sus vecinos

objeto de burla y de terror».

40Así dice el Señor:

«¡Mirad! Vuela el enemigo como águila;

sobre Moab despliega sus alas.

41Sus ciudades serán capturadas,

y conquistadas sus fortalezas.

En aquel día, el corazón de los guerreros de Moab

será como el de una parturienta.

42Moab será destruida como nación,

porque ha desafiado al Señor.

43El terror, la fosa y la trampa

aguardan al habitante de Moab

—afirma el Señor—.

44El que huya del terror caerá en la fosa;

el que salga de la fosa caerá en la trampa;

porque yo hago venir sobre Moab

el tiempo de su castigo

—afirma el Señor—.

45»A la sombra de Hesbón

se detienen exhaustos los fugitivos.

De Hesbón sale un fuego;

de la ciudad de Sijón, una llama

que consume las sienes de Moab

y el cráneo de los arrogantes y revoltosos.

46¡Ay de ti, Moab!

El pueblo de Quemós está destruido;

tus hijos son llevados al exilio;

tus hijas, al cautiverio.

47Pero en los días venideros

yo cambiaré la suerte de Moab»,

afirma el Señor.

Aquí concluye el juicio contra Moab.