Catholic Public Domain Version
"Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed is he who prohibits his sword from blood."
— Jeremiah 48:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. ”
“Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.”
“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!”
“Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.”
“Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.”
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.”
For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.
And the despoiler will overwhelm every city, and not a single city will be saved. And the valleys will perish, and the fields will be destroyed. For the Lord has spoken.
Give a blossom to Moab. For it will depart when it is blossoming. And its cities will become desolate and uninhabited.
Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed is he who prohibits his sword from blood.
Moab has been fertile from his youth, and he has rested amid his brood. And he has not been transferred from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into the transmigration. Therefore, his taste has remained with him, and his scent has not changed.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will send to him those who will line up and knock down his bottles, and they will knock him down and empty his vessels, and they will break their bottles against one another.
And Moab will be confounded by Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was shamed by Bethel, in which they had faith.