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\v 1 This is a message about Moab. Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says,
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\q1 "Terrible things will happen to the city of Nebo;
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\q2 it will soon be ruined.
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\q1 the city of Kiriathaim will be put to shame. It is taken!
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\q2 The defended fortress will be ruined, and its people will become ashamed.
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\q1
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\v 2 No one will boast about Moab again;
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\q2 the enemies of Moab will plan to destroy the capital city, Heshbon.
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\q2 They will say, 'Come, let us cause Moab to no longer be a nation.'
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\q1 You also, You Madmen! you also will be silenced;
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\q2 enemy armies will pursue you to kill you.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Listen to the people of Horonaim screaming;
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\q2 they will be wailing because their town was completely destroyed .
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\q1
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\v 4 All of Moab will be ruined;
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\q2 even the little children will cry loudly.
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\q1
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\v 5 They will cry bitterly
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\q2 as they climb up Luhith hill.
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\q1 Others will wail on the road down to Horonaim.
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\q2 They were so very sad because their town was completely destroyed.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 Someone will say to them, 'Flee!
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\q2 Hide in the desert!'
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\q1
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\v 7 But you trusted that because you were rich and powerful, you would be safe;
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\q2 so you will be captured.
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\q1 Your god Chemosh and all his priests and officials
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\q2 will be taken away to distant lands.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 All the towns in Moab will be destroyed;
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\q2 none of them will escape.
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\q1 Towns in the valleys and on the plateau will all be destroyed,
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\q2 because Yahweh has said that is what will happen.
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\q1
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\v 9 Someone should help all the people in Moab to run away,
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\q2 so that their land will be empty,
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\q2 so that no one will live in it any longer."
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\q1
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\v 10 May Yahweh punish anyone who will not eagerly do what he desires;
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\q2 may he curse anyone who refrains from using his sword to kill the people in Moab.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 11 The people of Moab have always felt secure;
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\q2 they have never been exiled.
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\q1 They are like wine that has been left undisturbed in a container for many days to give it good flavor,
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\q1 so now it is smells good,
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\q2 and it tastes good.
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\q1
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\v 12 But Yahweh says that there will be a time when he will send enemies to attack them;
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\q1 they will get rid of the people of Moab like people pour out wine on the ground
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\q2 and then smash the wine jar.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 Then the people of Moab will be ashamed of their god Chemosh that they had trusted in, because it did not help them,
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\q2 like the Israelite people were ashamed because their gold statue of a calf was smashed at Bethel.
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\q1
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\v 14 The soldiers of Moab previously said, "We are warriors;
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\q2 we have fought bravely in battles!"
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\q1
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\v 15 But now our king, who is called Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says that the country of Moab and all the towns in it will be destroyed.
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\q2 Their fine young men will all be slaughtered.
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\q1
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\v 16 Moab will very soon be destroyed.
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\q2 They will soon experience disaster.
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\q1
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\v 17 You people who live in nations near Moab,
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\q2 who know that it is very famous,
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\q1 should mourn for Moab,
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\q1 and say, "Its glorious power is completely ended ."
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\q1
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\v 18 You people of the city of Dibon, stop being proud because of being honored,
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\q2 and sit in the dust where you will thirst for water,
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\q1 because those who will destroy other places in Moab will attack your city
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\q2 and destroy your fortifications.
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\q1
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\v 19 You people of the city of Aroer,
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\q2 stand along the road and watch.
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\q1 Shout to the men and women who will be fleeing from Moab,
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\q2 "What has happened there?"
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\q1
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\v 20 They will reply,
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\q2 "Moab is ruined and we are disgraced!"
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\q1 So weep and wail .
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\q2 Proclaim to Amon that Moab has been destroyed.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 21 Yahweh is punishing the towns of Moab that are on the plateau:
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\q2 Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,
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\q2
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\v 22 Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
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\q2
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\v 23 Kiriathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
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\q2
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\v 24 Kerioth and Bozrah.
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\q2 He is punishing cities that are near each other and towns that are far away from each other.
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\q1
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\v 25 Yahweh says, "The power of Moab will be finished;
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\q2 it is as though it will have a broken arm.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 26 You people of Moab thought you were powerful enough to rebel against me, Yahweh;
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\q2 so now I will cause you all to stagger like drunken people.
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\q1 You people of Moab will wallow in your own vomit
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\q2 and be ridiculed.
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\q1
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\v 27 Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
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\q1 Did you think they were nothing but thieves,
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\q2 so that you shook your head at them with scorn,
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\q1 and despised them every time you spoke about them?
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 28 You people who live in Moab,
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\q2 you should abandon your towns and go and live in caves.
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\q1 Be like pigeons that make their nests in the entrances of caves."
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\q1
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\v 29 We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud;
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\q2 they are extremely proud and conceited.
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\v 30 But Yahweh says, "I know about that,
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\q2 but it is useless for them to boast
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\q2 because it will accomplish nothing.
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\v 31 So now I will wail for Moab;
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\q2 I will cry about all its people.
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\q2 I will moan for the men of the city of Kir Hareseth, the old capital of Moab.
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\q1
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\v 32 You people of the city of Sibmah, you have many vineyards, and I will be sad when they are destroyed.
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\q2 It is as though the branches of your vines extend across the Dead Sea to the city of Jazer, but the enemies of Moab will take your grapes and wine from you!
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\v 33 But no one will be joyful or happy in Moab now;
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\q2 your fruit and grapes that ripen in the summer will soon be destroyed.
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\q1 There will be no grape juice coming from the winepresses,
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\q2 so there will be no wine.
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\q1 People will not shout joyfully
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\q2 as they tread on the grapes;
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\q1 people will shout,
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\q2 but they will not be shouting joyfully.
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\q1
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\v 34 Instead, the sound of their wailing will rise from the city of Heshbon to the town of Elealeh and the village of Jahaz,
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\q2 from the city of Zoar as far as the town of Horonaim Eglath Shelishiyah.
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\q1 Even the water in the stream of Nimrim will be dried up.
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\v 35 I, Yahweh, say that I will get rid of the people who offer sacrifices on the hilltops,
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\q2 thos who burn incense to their gods.
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\v 36 I moan for the people of Moab and Kir Hareseth
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\q2 like someone playing a funeral song on a flute,
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\q2 because all their wealth will disappear.
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\v 37 The men will shave their heads and their beards to show that they are mourning.
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\q2 They all will slash their hands and wear rough cloth around their waists.
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\v 38 In every home and in the town plazas in Moab there will be people who are mourning,
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\q2 because I will have destroyed Moab
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\q2 like someone smashes an old jar that no one wants anymore.
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\v 39 Moab will be completely shattered with terror!
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\q2 And you will hear the people wailing loudly!
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\q1 They will be disgraced.
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\q2 Moab will become a nation that people ridicule.
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\q1 The people in nearby countries will be horrified about what has happened there.
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\p
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\v 40 This is what I, Yahweh, say:
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\q1 'Look! Their enemies will be swooping down over Moab
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\q2 like an eagle swoops down to seize an animal.
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\v 41 Its cities will be captured,
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\q2 its fortresses will be seized.
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\q1 Even their warriors will be afraid,
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\q2 like a woman who is about to give birth.
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\v 42 Moab boasted against me, Yahweh,
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\q2 so it will be destroyed.
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\v 43 I, Yahweh, say that you people of Moab will be terrified, and fall into pits and traps.
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\v 44 Those who are terrified and try to run away will fall into deep pits.
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\q2 Whoever climbs out of a pit will be caught in a trap,
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\q1 because I will punish them at the time that I have appointed.'
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\v 45 The people will flee as far as the city of Heshbon,
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\q2 but they will not be able to go any further,
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\q1 because a fire will burn in Heshbon,
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\q2 which is the city where King Sihon lived long ago,
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\q1 and it will burn up all the people in Moab
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\q2 who noisily boasted very much.
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\v 46 You people of Moab, terrible things will happen to you!
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\q2 You people who worship your god Chemosh, you will be destroyed.
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\q1 Your sons and your daughters will be captured and taken away to other countries.
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\v 47 But some day, I will enable the people of Moab to return to their land again.
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\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
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\p That is the end of what Jeremiah prophesied about Moab.
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