26 Make ye him [a]drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab shall [b]wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

27 For didst not thou deride Israel, as though he had been found among thieves? for when thou speakest of him, thou art [c]moved.

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:26 He willed the Chaldeans to lay afflictions enough upon them, till they be like drunken men that fall down to their shame and are derided of all.
  2. Jeremiah 48:26 Or, shall be full, or clap his hands.
  3. Jeremiah 48:27 Thou rejoicest to hear of his misery.

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