Bible reading for Aug 18 -- 19 Aug 18 -- Jeremiah 47 and Psalms 23-24 Aug 19 -- Jeremiah 48 and Psalm 25 ================ "We 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. " (Jeremiah 48:29) JUDGMENT UPON PHILISTIA (ch 47) . We are reading the section in Jeremiah which related God's judgment upon the nations around Judah. Often, when the nation of Israel or Judah was humbled, the surrounding nations would take advantage and raid the land. This chapter concerns the affluent sea-trading cities of the coast: Tyre, Sidon, and Ashkelon. These prophecies were fulfilled around the year 605 BC, when Babylonian forces drove back the Egyptian army from Palestine. On "gashing" themselves (v 5), see 1 Kings 18:28. Ascetic practices such as self-flagellation do not bring deliverance from divine judgment . JUDGMENT UPON MOAB (ch 48). As a nation Moab, to the east of the Jordan and Dead ...