\v 29 We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud;
\q2 they are extremely proud and conceited.
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\q1
\v 30 But Yahweh says, "I know about that,
\q2 but it is useless for them to boast
\q2 because it will accomplish nothing.
\q1
\v 31 So now I will wail for Moab;
\q2 I will cry about all its people that they might receive help to survive.
\q2 I will moan for the men of the city of Kir Hareseth, the old capital of Moab.
\q1
\v 32 You people of the city of Sibmah, you have many vineyards, and I will be sad when they are destroyed.
\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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\q1
\v 33 But no one will be joyful or happy in Moab now;
\q2 your fruit and grapes that ripen in the summer will soon be destroyed.
\q1 There will be no grape juice coming from the winepresses,
\q2 so there will be no wine.
\q1 People will not shout joyfully
\q2 as they tread on the grapes;
\q1 people will shout,
\q2 but they will not be shouting joyfully.
\b
\s5
\q1
\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,
\q2 from the city of Zoar as far as the town of Horonaim Eglath Shelishiyah.
\q1 Even the water in the stream of Nimrim will be dried up.
\q1
\v 35 I, Yahweh, say that I will get rid of the people who offer sacrifices on the hilltops,
\q2 thos who burn incense to their gods.
\s5
\q1
\v 36 I moan for the people of Moab and Kir Hareseth
\q2 like someone playing a funeral song on a flute,
\q2 because all their wealth will disappear.
\q1
\v 37 The men will shave their heads and their beards to show that they are mourning.
\q2 They all will slash their hands and wear rough cloth around their waists.
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\q1
\v 38 In every home and in the town plazas in Moab there will be people who are mourning,
\q2 because I will have destroyed Moab
\q2 like someone smashes an old jar that no one wants anymore.
\q1
\v 39 Moab will be completely shattered with terror!
\q2 And you will hear the people wailing loudly!
\q1 They will be disgraced.
\q2 Moab will become a nation that people ridicule.
\q1 The people in nearby countries will be horrified about what has happened there.
\s5
\p
\v 40 This is what I, Yahweh, say:
\q1 'Look! Their enemies will be swooping down over Moab
\q2 like an eagle swoops down to seize an animal.
\q1
\v 41 Its cities will be captured,
\q2 its fortresses will be seized.
\q1 Even their warriors will be afraid,
\q2 like a woman who is about to give birth.
\s5
\q1
\v 42 Moab boasted against me, Yahweh,
\q2 so it will be destroyed.
\q1
\v 43 I, Yahweh, say that you people of Moab will be terrified, and fall into pits and traps.
\q1
\v 44 Those who are terrified and try to run away will fall into deep pits.
\q2 Whoever climbs out of a pit will be caught in a trap,
\q1 because I will punish them at the time that I have appointed.'
\b
\s5
\q1
\v 45 The people will flee as far as the city of Heshbon,
\q2 but they will not be able to go any further,
\q1 because a fire will burn in Heshbon,
\q2 which is the city where King Sihon lived long ago,
\q1 and it will burn up all the people in Moab
\q2 who noisily boasted very much.
\s5
\q1
\v 46 You people of Moab, terrible things will happen to you!
\q2 You people who worship your god Chemosh, you will be destroyed.
\q1 Your sons and your daughters will be captured and taken away to other countries.
\b
\q1
\v 47 But some day, I will enable the people of Moab to return to their land again.
\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
\p That is the end of what Jeremiah prophesied about Moab.
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