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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 ?
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Leave the cities ,
and dwell in the rock ,
O inhabitants of Moab !
Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge .
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We have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud--of his loftiness ,
his pride ,
and his arrogance ,
and the haughtiness of his heart .
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I know his insolence ,
says the LORD ;
his boasts are false ,
his deeds are false .
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Therefore I wail for Moab ;
I cry out for all Moab ;
for the men of Kir-he '
res I mourn .
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More than for Jazer I weep for you ,
O vine of Sibmah !
Your branches passed over the sea ,
reached as far as Jazer ;
upon your summer fruits and your vintage the destroyer has fallen .
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Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab ;
I have made the wine cease from the wine presses ;
no one treads them with shouts of joy ;
the shouting is not the shout of joy .
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Heshbon and Ele-a '
leh cry out ;
as far as Jahaz they utter their voice ,
from Zo '
ar to Horona '
im and Eg '
lath-shelish '
iyah .
For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate .
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And I will bring to an end in Moab ,
says the LORD ,
him who offers sacrifice in the high place and burns incense to his god .
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Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute ,
and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-he '
res ;
therefore the riches they gained have perished .
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For every head is shaved and every beard cut off ;
upon all the hands are gashes ,
and on the loins is sackcloth .
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On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation ;
for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares ,
says the LORD .