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To Moab, thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to▵ Nebo! For it is devastated, it is shamed; Kiriathaim is captured; Misgab is shamed and dismayed.
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There shall no longer be the praise of Moab; in Heshbon they have thought evil against it; come◦, and let us cut· it ·off from being a nation. Also Madhmen, thou shalt be··still; the sword shall go after thee.
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A voice of a cry shall be from Horonaim, devastation and great breaking.
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Moab is broken; her little ones have caused crying to be heard.
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For with* the going··up of Luhith with weeping weeping shall go··up; for in the going··down of Horonaim the adversaries have heard a cry of breaking.
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Flee, cause· your souls ·to··escape and be like the naked shrub* in the wilderness.
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For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into exile with his priests and his princes together.
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And the devastator shall come upon every city, and no city shall··escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plateau shall be blotted··out, as Jehovah has said.
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Give wing to Moab, for flying··forth she will fly··forth; and her cities shall be for a desolation, without any to dwell in them.
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Cursed be he who does the work▵* of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed be he who withholds his sword from blood.
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Moab has been··at··ease from his* youth, and he has been··quiet on his lees*, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, and he has not gone◦ into exile; therefore◦ his taste remained* in him, and his smell is not altered.
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Therefore, behold, the days come, says◦ Jehovah, and I will send to him those who travel··forth, who shall cause him to travel··forth, and his vessels they shall empty, their jugs they shall shatter.
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And Moab shall be··ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was··ashamed of Bethel their trust.
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How do you say, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
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Moab is devastated, and her cities have gone··up, and the choice of his chosen have gone··down to the butchering, says◦ the King; Jehovah of Armies is His name.
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The downfall of Moab is near to come, and his evil hastes exceedingly.
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All ye who are around him, be··sorry for him; and all ye who know his name, say, How◦ is the rod of strength broken, the stick of adornment!
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Come··down from glory, and sit in thirst, thou who sittest, O daughter of Dibon; for the devastator of Moab shall go··up against◦ thee, and he shall destroy thy fortifications.
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Stand at▵ the way, and watch; O thou who dwellest in Aroer, ask him who flees, and her who escapes, and say, What has come··to··pass◦?
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Moab is shamed, for it is dismayed. Howl and cry; tell ye in Arnon that Moab is devastated,
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and judgment has come to▵ the land of the plateau; to▵ Holon, and to▵ Jahatsah, and on Mephaath,
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and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
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and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
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and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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The horn of Moab is hewn··off, and his arm is broken, says◦ Jehovah.
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Make· him ·drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall clap his hands in his vomit, and he also shall be laughed··at.
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For was not Israel laughed··at by thee, was· he not ·found among◦ thieves? For after thy speaking against◦ him, thou hast been··sorry for him.
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O ye who dwell in Moab, forsake the cities, and inhabit the rock◦, and be as the dove that nests across the mouth of the chasm.
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We have heard the pride of Moab, he is very proud, his haughtiness, and his pridefulness, and his pride, and the exalting of his own heart.
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I know his wrath, says◦ Jehovah; but it is not right◦; what he devises does not make it right◦.
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Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall moan for the men of Kir-cheres.
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From the weeping of Jazer I will weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah; thine extending tendrils have crossed··over the sea, they reach even··to the sea of Jazer; upon thy summer··fruit and upon thy vintage the devastator has fallen.
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And gladness and rejoicing are gathered from Carmel, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses; none shall tread with hedad*; hedad shall not be hedad.
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From the cry of Heshbon even··to Elealeh, even··to Jahaz, they have given forth their voice, from Zoar even··to Horonaim, as a heifer of the third year; for even the waters of Nimrim shall be for desolations.
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And I will cause to cease in Moab, says◦ Jehovah, him who offers··up in the high··place, and him who burns··incense to his gods.
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Therefore my heart for Moab shall make··a··noise as pipes, and my heart for the men◦ of Kir-cheres shall make··a··noise as pipes; therefore the remnant of what he has made has perished.
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For every head shall be bald, and every beard diminished; upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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On all the roofs of Moab, and in her avenues, there shall be all manner of wailing; for I have broken Moab as a vessel wherein there is no delight, says◦ Jehovah.
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They shall howl, How◦ dismayed she is! How◦ Moab has turned◦ the back◦ with shame! And Moab shall be laughed··at and a dismay to all who are around him.
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For thus says Jehovah: Behold, he shall soar as an eagle, and shall spread his wings to▵ Moab.
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The walled··city is captured, and the forts are occupied, and the heart of the heroes of Moab in that◦ day shall be as the heart of a woman in··adversity.
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And Moab shall be blotted··out from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.
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Dread, and a chasm, and a trap, shall be upon thee, O dweller of Moab, says◦ Jehovah.
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He who flees from before the dread shall fall into the chasm; and he that comes··up from the chasm shall be captured in the trap; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says◦ Jehovah.
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They who fled from the power stood in the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire shall come··out from Heshbon, and a flame from between Sihon, and shall devour the quarter of Moab, and the top··of··the··head of the sons of Shaon*.
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Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perishes; for thy sons are taken into captivity, and thy daughters into captivity.
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Yet will I return the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says◦ Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
