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A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure," says the Lord.
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"They shall wail: 'How she is broken down! How Moab has turned her back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision And a dismay to all those about her."
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For thus says the Lord: "Behold, one shall fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over Moab.
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Kerioth is taken, And the strongholds are surprised; The mighty men's hearts in Moab on that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
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And Moab shall be destroyed as a people, Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
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Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," says the Lord.
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"He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit, And he who gets out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For upon Moab, upon it I will bring The year of their punishment," says the Lord.
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"Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon Because of exhaustion. But a fire shall come out of Heshbon, A flame from the midst of Sihon, And shall devour the brow of Moab, The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
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Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish; For your sons have been taken captive, And your daughters captive.
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"Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab In the latter days," says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.