1Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down; (Nu 32:3; Nu 32:37; Jos 13:19; 2Ki 24:2; Jer 25:21; Jer 48:20; Jer 48:22; Jer 48:23; Jer 48:39; Eze 25:8; Eze 25:9; Am 2:1; Zep 2:8)2the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you. (Nu 32:37; Isa 10:31; Isa 15:4; Jer 31:36; Jer 48:34; Jer 48:45; Jer 49:3)3“A voice! A cry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’ (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34)4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have made a cry.5For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping;[1] for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressed cry[2] of destruction. (Jer 48:3)6Flee! Save yourselves! You will be like a juniper in the desert! (Jer 17:6)7For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials. (Nu 21:29; Isa 46:2; Jer 49:3; Jer 49:4)8The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken. (De 3:10; Jos 13:9; Jos 13:17; Jos 13:21; Jer 6:26; Jer 48:21)9“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.10“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed. (Jud 5:23; 1Sa 15:3; 1Sa 15:9; 1Ki 20:42; 1Co 15:58)11“Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed. (Zep 1:12)12“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his[3] jars in pieces.13Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. (Nu 21:29; 1Ki 12:29; Isa 16:14; Ho 10:6)14“How do you say, ‘We are heroes and mighty men of war’?15The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. (Isa 15:1; Jer 46:18; Jer 48:8; Jer 48:18; Jer 48:20; Jer 50:27)16The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction hastens swiftly.17Grieve for him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name; say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.’ (Isa 9:4; Isa 14:5; Isa 15:4; Isa 16:7)18“Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds. (Nu 21:30; Isa 15:2; Isa 47:1)19Stand by the way and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer! Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, ‘What has happened?’ (De 2:36; Jos 13:9; 1Sa 4:13; 1Sa 4:16; Na 2:1)20Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. (Isa 16:2; Jer 48:15; Jer 48:17)21“Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath, (Nu 21:23; Jos 13:18; Jer 48:8)22and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, (Nu 33:46; Isa 15:2; Jer 48:18)23and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, (Jos 13:17; 1Ch 5:8; Jer 48:1)24and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. (Isa 63:1; Jer 49:13; Jer 49:22; Am 2:2)25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, declares the Lord. (Ps 75:10; Eze 30:21)26“Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision. (Isa 19:14; Jer 25:27; Jer 48:39; Jer 48:42; Jer 51:39)27Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head? (Ps 64:8; Jer 2:26; La 2:15; Eze 25:8; Zep 2:8; Mt 27:39)28“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge. (Ps 55:6; So 2:14; Jer 48:9)29We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. (Isa 16:6)30I know his insolence, declares the Lord; his boasts are false, his deeds are false. (Jer 50:36)31Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn. (2Ki 3:25; Isa 15:5; Isa 16:7; Isa 16:11)32More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached to the Sea of Jazer; on your summer fruits and your grapes the destroyer has fallen. (Nu 21:32; Jos 13:19; Ps 80:11; Isa 16:8)33Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab; I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; the shouting is not the shout of joy. (Isa 16:10)34“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. (Isa 15:4; Jer 48:3)35And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god. (Isa 15:2; Isa 16:12; Eze 20:29)36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished. (Isa 15:7; Jer 48:31)37“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth. (Isa 15:2; Jer 4:8; Jer 47:5; Jer 49:3; La 2:10)38On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. (Jer 22:28)39How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.” (Jer 48:6; Jer 48:26)40For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab; (De 28:49; Isa 8:8; Jer 49:22; Eze 17:3)41the cities shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains; (Isa 13:7; Jer 6:24; Jer 48:24)42Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord. (Isa 7:8; Jer 48:26)43Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord. (Isa 24:17; La 3:47)44He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring these things upon Moab, the year of their punishment, declares the Lord. (Jer 11:23)45“In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength, for fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult. (Nu 24:17)46Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone, for your sons have been taken captive, and your daughters into captivity. (Jer 48:1; Jer 48:13)47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord.” Thus far is the judgment on Moab. (Jer 46:27; Jer 49:39)
1Así dice el Señor Todopoderoso, el Dios de Israel, acerca de Moab: «¡Ay de Nebo, porque será devastada! ¡Quiriatayin será capturada y puesta en vergüenza! ¡Su fortaleza[1] será humillada y destruida!2La gloria de Moab ha desaparecido; en Hesbón[2] maquinan el mal contra ella: “¡Vengan, hagamos desaparecer a esta nación!” También tú, Madmén, serás silenciada, y la espada te perseguirá.3Se oye el clamor desde Joronayin: ¡devastación y gran destrucción!4Moab será quebrantada; ya se oyen los gritos de sus pequeños.5Por la cuesta de Luhit suben llorando sin cesar; por la bajada de Joronayin se oyen gritos de dolor, por causa de la destrucción.6¡Huyan! ¡Sálvese quien pueda! ¡Sean como las zarzas[3] del desierto!7Por cuanto confías en tus obras y en tus riquezas, también tú serás capturada. Quemós, tu dios, irá al exilio, junto con sus sacerdotes y oficiales.8El destructor vendrá contra toda ciudad, y ni una sola de ellas escapará. El valle quedará en ruinas, y la meseta quedará destruida, tal como lo ha dicho el Señor.9Coloquen una lápida[4] para Moab, porque yace destruida; sus ciudades están desoladas, y sin habitante alguno.10»¡Maldito el que sea negligente para realizar el trabajo del Señor! ¡Maldito el que de la sangre retraiga su espada!11»Moab ha vivido en paz desde su juventud; ha reposado sobre sus heces. No ha pasado de vasija en vasija, ni ha ido jamás al exilio. Por eso conserva su sabor y no pierde su aroma.12Pero vienen días —afirma el Señor— en que enviaré gente que transvasará a Moab; y vaciará sus vasijas y romperá sus cántaros.13Entonces Moab se avergonzará de Quemós, como el pueblo de Israel se avergonzó de Betel, santuario en el que había depositado su confianza.14»¿Cómo se atreven a decir: “Somos guerreros, hombres valientes para la guerra”?15Moab será devastada y sus ciudades, invadidas —afirma el Rey, cuyo nombre es el Señor Todopoderoso—: Lo mejor de su juventud descenderá al matadero.16La ruina de Moab se acerca; su calamidad es inminente.17Lloren por él todos sus vecinos, los que saben de su fama. Digan: “¡Cómo se ha quebrado el cetro tan poderoso e imponente!”18»Tú, que habitas en Dibón: desciende de tu lugar de honor y siéntate en el sequedal, porque el destructor de Moab te ataca y destruye tus fortificaciones.19Tú, que habitas en Aroer, párate a la vera del camino, y observa; pregunta a los que huyen, hombres y mujeres: “¿Qué es lo que ha sucedido?”20Moab está humillado; ha sido destrozado. ¡Giman y clamen! ¡Anuncien por el río Arnón que Moab ha sido devastado!21El juicio ha llegado hasta la meseta contra Holón, Yahaza y Mefat;22contra Dibón, Nebo y Bet Diblatayin;23contra Quiriatayin, Bet Gamul y Bet Megón,24contra Queriot y Bosra, y contra todas las ciudades de Moab, cercanas y lejanas.25El poder[5] de Moab ha desaparecido; ¡su fuerza está abatida! —afirma el Señor—.26»¡Emborrachen a Moab, porque ha desafiado al Señor! ¡Que se regodee en su vómito, y se convierta en objeto de burla!27¿Acaso no te burlabas de Israel, y con tus palabras lo despreciabas, como si hubiera sido sorprendido entre ladrones?28Habitantes de Moab, ¡abandonen las ciudades y vivan entre las rocas! Sean como las palomas que anidan al borde de los precipicios.29»Conocemos bien el orgullo de Moab, ese orgullo exagerado. ¡Tanta soberbia y tanto orgullo! ¡Tanta arrogancia y altivez!30Yo conozco su insolencia, pero sus jactancias no logran nada —afirma el Señor—.31Por eso lloro por Moab; gimo por toda su gente, sollozo por el pueblo de Quir Jeres.32Lloro por ti, viña de Sibma, más que por Jazer; tus sarmientos sobrepasan el mar y llegan hasta Jazer, pero caerá el destructor sobre tu cosecha y sobre tu vendimia.33De los fértiles campos de Moab han desaparecido el gozo y alegría. Acabé con el vino de tus lagares; ya nadie pisa las uvas entre gritos de alborozo; los gritos ya no son de regocijo.34»El clamor de Hesbón llega hasta Elalé y Yahaza, su voz se alza desde Zoar hasta Joronayin y Eglat Selisiyá. Porque hasta las aguas de Nimrín se han secado.35Acabaré con la gente de Moab que ofrece sacrificios en altares paganos y quema incienso a sus dioses —afirma el Señor—.36»Por eso, con sonido de flautas gime por Moab mi corazón; con sonido de flautas gime mi corazón por Quir Jeres, porque han desaparecido las riquezas que acumularon.37Toda cabeza está rapada y toda barba rasurada; en todas las manos hay incisiones, y todos están vestidos de luto.38Sobre todos los techos de Moab, y por todas sus plazas, sólo se escuchan lamentos; porque rompí en pedazos a Moab como a una vasija desechada —afirma el Señor—.39¡Cómo quedó hecha pedazos! ¡Cómo gimen! Moab ha vuelto la espalda del todo avergonzada. Es para todos sus vecinos objeto de burla y de terror.»40Así dice el Señor: «¡Miren! Vuela el enemigo como águila; sobre Moab despliega sus alas.41Sus ciudades serán capturadas, y conquistadas sus fortalezas. En aquel día, el corazón de los guerreros de Moab será como el de una parturienta.42Moab será destruida como nación, porque ha desafiado al Señor.43El terror, la fosa y la trampa, aguardan al habitante de Moab —afirma el Señor—.44El que huya del terror caerá en la fosa; el que salga de la fosa caerá en la trampa; porque yo hago venir sobre Moab el tiempo de su castigo —afirma el Señor—.45»A la sombra de Hesbón se detienen exhaustos los fugitivos. De Hesbón sale un fuego; de la ciudad de Sijón, una llama que consume las sienes de Moab y el cráneo de los arrogantes y revoltosos.46¡Ay de ti, Moab! El pueblo de Quemós está destruido; tus hijos son llevados al exilio; tus hijas, al cautiverio.47Pero en los días venideros yo cambiaré la suerte de Moab», afirma el Señor. Aquí concluye el juicio contra Moab.