Amos 2:1 References
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Thus says the Lord, "For three transgressions of aMoab and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he bburned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
a Isaiah 15:1-9, Isaiah 16:1-14, Isaiah 25:10-12, Jeremiah 48:1-47, Ezekiel 25:8-11, Zephaniah 2:8, Zephaniah 2:9
Isaiah 15
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The oracle concerning aMoab. Surely in a night bAr of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
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They have gone up to the temple and to aDibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone's head is bbald and every beard is cut off.
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In their streets they have girded themselves with asackcloth; bOn their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, cdissolved in tears.
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aHeshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him.
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My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as aZoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the bascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress cover their ruin.
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For the awaters of Nimrim are desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out, There is bno green thing.
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Therefore the aabundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of Arabim.
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For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab, Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.
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For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon, A alion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 16
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aSend the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, From bSela by way of the wilderness to the cmountain of the daughter of Zion.
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Then, like afleeing birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of bMoab will be at the fords of the cArnon.
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"Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your ashadow like night at high noon; bHide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
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"Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, aOppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
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A athrone will even be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of bDavid; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness.
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aWe have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; bHis idle boasts are false.
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Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the araisin cakes of bKir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken.
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For the fields of aHeshbon have withered, the vines of bSibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; cIts tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
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Therefore I will aweep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O bHeshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your csummer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
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aGladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the bvineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No ctreader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.
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So it will come about when Moab apresents himself, When he bwearies himself upon his chigh place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.
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This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab.
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But now the Lord speaks, saying, "Within three years, as aa hired man would count them, the glory of bMoab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent."
Isaiah 25
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For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, And aMoab will be trodden down in his place As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.
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And he will aspread out his hands in the middle of it As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim, But the Lord will blay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
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The aunassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.
Jeremiah 48
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Concerning aMoab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Woe to bNebo, for it has been destroyed; cKiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.
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"There is praise for Moab no longer; In aHeshbon 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.
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"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
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"For by the ascent of aLuhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.
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"For because of your atrust in your own achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And bChemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes.
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"A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the aplateau will be destroyed, As the Lord has said.
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"Give awings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a bdesolation, Without inhabitants in them.
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"aCursed be the one who does the Lord'S work bnegligently, And cursed be the one who restrains his csword from blood.
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"Moab has been aat ease since his youth; He has also been bundisturbed, like wine on its dregs, And he has not been cemptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, And his aroma has not changed.
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"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.
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"And Moab will be aashamed of bChemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of cBethel, their confidence.
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"Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities; His choicest ayoung men have also gone down to the slaughter," Declares the bKing, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
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"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty ascepter been broken, A staff of splendor!'
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"aCome down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O bdaughter dwelling in cDibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.
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"Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant of aAroer; bAsk him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has happened?'
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"Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the aArnon That Moab has been destroyed.
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against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,
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"aMake him drunk, for he has become barrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
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"Now was not Israel a alaughingstock to you? Or was he bcaught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you cshake your head in scorn.
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"Leave the cities and dwell among the acrags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a bdove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
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"aWe have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud-- Of his haughtiness, his bpride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation.
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"I know his afury," declares the Lord, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
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"Therefore I will awail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of bKir-heres.
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"More than the aweeping for bJazer 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.
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"So agladness and joy are taken away From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab. And I have made the wine to bcease from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy.
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"aFrom the outcry at Heshbon even to bElealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from cZoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.
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"I will make an end of Moab," declares the Lord, "the one who offers sacrifice on the ahigh place and the one who bburns incense to his gods.
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"Therefore My aheart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have blost the abundance it produced.
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"For aevery head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and bsackcloth on the loins.
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"On all the ahousetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable bvessel," declares the Lord.
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"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 aobject of terror to all around him."
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For thus says the Lord: "Behold, one will afly swiftly like an eagle And bspread out his wings against Moab.
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"Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the ahearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a bwoman in labor.
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"The one who aflees 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 bpunishment," declares the Lord.
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"In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength; For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon And a aflame from the midst of bSihon, And it has devoured the cforehead of Moab And the scalps of the riotous revelers.
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"aWoe to you, Moab! The people of bChemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity.
Ezekiel 25
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because aMoab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'
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therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, aBeth-jeshimoth, bBaal-meon and cKiriathaim,
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and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the asons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.
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"Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord."
Zephaniah 2
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"I have heard the ataunting of Moab And the brevilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And cbecome arrogant against their territory.
Zephaniah 2
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"Therefore, as I live," declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely aMoab will be like bSodom And the sons of cAmmon like dGomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will eplunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them."