Jeremiah 48:15

48:15 Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded.

Its finest young men will be slaughtered.

I, the King, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!

Jeremiah 51:51

51:51 ‘We are ashamed because we have been insulted.

Our faces show our disgrace.

For foreigners have invaded

the holy rooms in the Lord’s temple.’


tn Heb “will go down to the slaughter.”

tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the translation and meaning of this title see the study note on 2:19.

tn Heb “Oracle of the King whose name is Yahweh of armies.” The first person form has again been adopted because the Lord is the speaker throughout this oracle/ these oracles (cf. v. 1).

sn The exiles lament the way they have been humiliated.

tn Heb “we have heard an insult.”

tn Heb “disgrace covers our face.”

tn Or “holy places, sanctuaries.”