Jeremiah 48:13-15

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¹³Then the people of Moab will be ashamed of their false god, Chemosh. They will be like the people of Israel who trusted that god in Bethel^[a] but were ashamed when he did not help them.

¹⁴“You cannot say, ‘We are good soldiers.
    We are brave men in battle.’
¹⁵The enemy will attack Moab.
    The enemy will enter its towns and destroy them.
Its best young men will be killed in the slaughter.”
    This message is from the King.
    The King’s name is the Lord All-Powerful.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 48:13 in Bethel This means the temple that King Jeroboam built in the town of Bethel (see 1 Kings 12:28-33). It is not clear if this means the people still worshiped the Lord there, but in a wrong way, or if they worshiped a false god, perhaps the Canaanite god El or Baal.