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Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his lees ;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel ,
nor has he gone into exile ;
so his taste remains in him ,
and his scent is not changed .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
when I shall send to him tilters who will tilt him ,
and empty his vessels ,
and break his jars in pieces .
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Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh ,
as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel ,
their confidence .
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How do you say , `
We are heroes and mighty men of war '?
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The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up ,
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter ,
says the King ,
whose name is the LORD of hosts .
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The calamity of Moab is near at hand and his affliction hastens apace .
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Bemoan him ,
all you who are round about him ,
and all who know his name ;
say , `
How the mighty scepter is broken ,
the glorious staff .'
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Come down from your glory ,
and sit on the parched ground ,
O inhabitant of Dibon !
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you ;
he has destroyed your strongholds .
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Stand by the way and watch ,
O inhabitant of Aro '
er !
Ask him who flees and her who escapes ;
say , `
What has happened ?'
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Moab is put to shame ,
for it is broken ;
wail and cry !
Tell it by the Arnon ,
that Moab is laid waste .
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Judgment has come upon the tableland ,
upon Holon ,
and Jahzah ,
and Meph '
a-ath ,
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and Dibon ,
and Nebo ,
and Beth-diblatha '
im ,
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and Kiriatha '
im ,
and Beth-ga '
mul ,
and Beth-me '
on ,
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and Ker '
i-oth ,
and Bozrah ,
and all the cities of the land of Moab ,
far and near .
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The horn of Moab is cut off ,
and his arm is broken ,
says the LORD .
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Make him drunk ,
because he magnified himself against the LORD ;
so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit ,
and he too shall be held in derision .
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Was not Israel a derision to you ?
Was he found among thieves ,
that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head ?