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I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites ,
how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory .
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Therefore ,
as I live ,"
says the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel , "
Moab shall become like Sodom ,
and the Ammonites like Gomor '
rah ,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits ,
and a waste for ever .
The remnant of my people shall plunder them ,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them ."
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This shall be their lot in return for their pride ,
because they scoffed and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts .
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The LORD will be terrible against them ;
yea ,
he will famish all the gods of the earth ,
and to him shall bow down ,
each in its place ,
all the lands of the nations .
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You also ,
O Ethiopians ,
shall be slain by my sword .
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And he will stretch out his hand against the north ,
and destroy Assyria ;
and he will make Nin '
eveh a desolation ,
a dry waste like the desert .
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Herds shall lie down in the midst of her ,
all the beasts of the field ;
the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals ;
the owl shall hoot in the window ,
the raven croak on the threshold ;
for her cedar work will be laid bare .
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This is the exultant city that dwelt secure ,
that said to herself , "
I am and there is none else ."
What a desolation she has become ,
a lair for wild beasts !
Every one who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist .