How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a deeply personal and emotionally charged prophetic work that chronicles warning, judgment, grief, and enduring hope. Written by Jeremiah, the book spans decades leading up to and including the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. Jeremiah’s ministry unfolds during one of the most tragic periods in Israel’s history.
Jeremiah is called as a prophet while still young and immediately confronted with resistance. His message is unwelcome: Judah has broken covenant with God through idolatry, injustice, and empty religious ritual. Despite outward worship, the people’s hearts are far from the LORD. Jeremiah repeatedly warns that judgment is coming—not because God is absent, but because He is faithful to His covenant standards.
A central theme of Jeremiah is the cost of ignored repentance. The prophet pleads with the people to return to God, warning that reliance on the temple, political alliances, or false assurances will not save them. Judah’s leaders and false prophets promise peace, but Jeremiah exposes those promises as lies. Truth brings isolation, suffering, and persecution for the prophet himself.
The book is notable for its raw honesty. Jeremiah records his own anguish, fear, and frustration in passages often called the “confessions of Jeremiah.” He wrestles openly with God, expressing sorrow over judgment while remaining obedient to his calling. His tears earn him the title “the weeping prophet,” reflecting both compassion and faithfulness.
Judgment, however, is not the final word. Jeremiah also delivers profound promises of restoration. God declares that exile will not last forever and introduces the promise of a new covenant—one written on the heart rather than stone. This covenant speaks of forgiveness, transformed hearts, and restored relationship with God.
Jeremiah concludes with the fall of Jerusalem, validating the prophet’s warnings, yet pointing beyond devastation toward hope. Even in ruin, God’s purposes continue. Nations rise and fall, but God remains sovereign, faithful, and committed to redemption.
The Book of Jeremiah stands as a sobering reminder that God’s patience has limits, but His mercy endures. It calls readers to listen when God speaks, to take repentance seriously, and to trust that even in judgment, God is working toward restoration.
Jeremiah 48:1
Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Jeremiah 48:11
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jeremiah 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Jeremiah 48:14
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Jeremiah 48:15
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 48:16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48:17
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Jeremiah 48:18
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
Jeremiah 48:19
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Jeremiah 48:2
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Jeremiah 48:21
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
Jeremiah 48:22
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
Jeremiah 48:23
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
Jeremiah 48:24
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:26
Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
Jeremiah 48:28
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Jeremiah 48:3
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:30
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Jeremiah 48:31
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Jeremiah 48:33
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Jeremiah 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 48:35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.