1An oracle concerning Moab. Because in a night Ar of Moab is devastated, destroyed; because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated, destroyed.
2He has gone up to the temple, and Dibon to the high places, to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On all its heads is baldness; every beard is cut off.
3In its streets they have girded on sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping.
4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab shout aloud; his soul trembles within him.
5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For on the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
6For the waters of Nimrim have become desolations; for the grass is withered, the new growth is gone, there is no greenery.
7Therefore the abundance one has gained, and their stores, they carry away over the Wadi of the Willows.
8For the cry has gone around the territory of Moab; its wailing reaches to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer-elim.
9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, yet I will bring still more upon Dimon: a lion for the survivors of Moab, and for the remnant of the land.
Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.
An Oracle Concerning Moab
parallelJeremiah 48:1— Jeremiah's oracle against Moab reuses the same place names (Dibon, Nebo, Heshbon, Elealeh, Horonaim, Nimrim, Luhith) and imagery of wailing and baldness.
parallelJeremiah 48:37— Both describe the mourning signs of shaved heads and cut-off beards over Moab's destruction.
parallelJeremiah 48:5— Both name the ascent of Luhith and the road to Horonaim as routes of weeping fugitives.
parallelJeremiah 48:34— Both mention the waters of Nimrim becoming desolate in Moab's judgment.
parallelJeremiah 48:29— Jeremiah's oracle against Moab repeats nearly verbatim the same imagery of Moab's pride, the vine of Sibmah, Heshbon, Elealeh, and wailing.
parallelJeremiah 48:31— Both call for wailing over Moab and the men of Kir-hareseth.
parallelJeremiah 48:32— Both describe the vine of Sibmah reaching to Jazer and crossing the sea.
parallelJeremiah 48:33— Both describe joy and gladness taken away and the wine-treader's shout made to cease.
allusion2 Samuel 7:16— The throne established in loyal love in the tent of David echoes the promise of an enduring Davidic dynasty.
allusionIsaiah 22:12— Shared mourning imagery of girding on sackcloth in response to divine judgment.
allusionIsaiah 9:7— Shared portrait of a Davidic ruler reigning with justice and righteousness.
thematicAmos 2:1— Both are prophetic judgment oracles announcing the destruction of Moab.
thematicAmos 9:11— Both speak of restoring/establishing the fallen 'tent (booth) of David'.
thematicIsaiah 16:1— Isaiah 16 continues and completes the same oracle against Moab begun in chapter 15, sharing places and lament.
thematicIsaiah 25:11— The theme of Moab's pride being brought low continues within Isaiah.