Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.

Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.

Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.

In those days, your population will greatly increase in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more!

So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did.

May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.

Once again there will be sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the Lord and will say, “Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all. For the Lord is good and his unfailing love lasts forever.” For I, the Lord, affirm that I will restore the land to what it was in days of old.’

Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’

The Lord says, “Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.