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Against Moab[H4124] thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Woe[H1945] unto Nebo[H5015]! for it is spoiled[H7703]: Kiriathaim[H7156] is confounded[H3001] and taken[H3920]: Misgab[H4869] is confounded[H3001] and dismayed[H2865].
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There shall be no more praise[H8416] of Moab[H4124]: in Heshbon[H2809] they have devised[H2803]evil[H7451] against it; come[H3212], and let us cut it off[H3772] from being a nation[H1471]. Also thou shalt be cut down[H1826], O Madmen[H4086]; the sword[H2719] shall pursue[H3212]thee[H310].
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A voice[H6963] of crying[H6818] shall be from Horonaim[H2773], spoiling[H7701] and great[H1419]destruction[H7667].
4Moab[H4124] is destroyed[H7665]; her little ones[H6810] have caused a cry[H2201] to be heard[H8085].
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For in the going up[H4608] of Luhith[H3872]continual[H1065]weeping[H1065] shall go up[H5927]; for in the going down[H4174] of Horonaim[H2773] the enemies[H6862] have heard[H8085] a cry[H6818] of destruction[H7667].
6Flee[H5127], save[H4422] your lives[H5315], and be[H1961] like the heath[H6176] in the wilderness[H4057].
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For because thou hast trusted[H982] in thy works[H4639] and in thy treasures[H214], thou shalt also be taken[H3920]: and Chemosh[H3645] shall go forth[H3318] into captivity[H1473] with his priests[H3548] and his princes[H8269]together[H3162].
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And the spoiler[H7703] shall come[H935] upon every city[H5892], and no city[H5892] shall escape[H4422]: the valley[H6010] also shall perish[H6], and the plain[H4334] shall be destroyed[H8045], as the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H559].
9Give[H5414]wings[H6731] unto Moab[H4124], that it may flee[H5323] and get away[H3318]: for the cities[H5892] thereof shall be desolate[H8047], without any to dwell[H3427]therein[H2004].
10Cursed[H779] be he that doeth[H6213] the work[H4399] of the LORD[H3068]deceitfully[H7423], and cursed[H779] be he that keepeth back[H4513] his sword[H2719] from blood[H1818].
11Moab[H4124] hath been at ease[H7599] from his youth[H5271], and he hath settled[H8252] on his lees[H8105], and hath not been emptied[H7324] from vessel[H3627] to vessel[H3627], neither hath he gone[H1980] into captivity[H1473]: therefore his taste[H2940]remained[H5975] in him, and his scent[H7381] is not changed[H4171].
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Therefore, behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will send[H7971] unto him wanderers[H6808], that shall cause him to wander[H6808], and shall empty[H7324] his vessels[H3627], and break[H5310] their bottles[H5035].
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And Moab[H4124] shall be ashamed[H954] of Chemosh[H3645], as the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] was ashamed[H954] of Bethel[H1008] their confidence[H4009].
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How say[H559] ye, We are mighty[H1368] and strong[H2428]men[H582] for the war?[H4421]
15Moab[H4124] is spoiled[H7703], and gone up[H5927] out of her cities[H5892], and his chosen[H4005] young men[H970] are gone down[H3381] to the slaughter[H2874], saith[H5002] the King[H4428], whose name[H8034] is the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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The calamity[H343] of Moab[H4124] is near[H7138] to come[H935], and his affliction[H7451]hasteth[H4116]fast[H3966].
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All ye that are about[H5439] him, bemoan[H5110] him; and all ye that know[H3045] his name[H8034], say[H559], How is the strong[H5797]staff[H4294]broken[H7665], and the beautiful[H8597]rod[H4731]!
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Thou daughter[H1323] that dost inhabit[H3427]Dibon[H1769], come[H5927]down[H3381] from thy glory[H3519], and sit[H3427] in thirst[H6772]; for the spoiler[H7703] of Moab[H4124] shall come[H5927] upon thee, and he shall destroy[H7843] thy strong holds[H4013].
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O inhabitant[H3427] of Aroer[H6177], stand[H5975] by the way[H1870], and espy[H6822]; ask[H7592] him that fleeth[H5127], and her that escapeth[H4422], and say[H559], What is done?[H1961]
20Moab[H4124] is confounded[H3001]; for it is broken down[H2865]: howl[H3213] and cry[H2199]; tell[H5046] ye it in Arnon[H769], that Moab[H4124] is spoiled[H7703],
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And judgment[H4941] is come[H935] upon the plain[H4334]country[H776]; upon Holon[H2473], and upon Jahazah[H3096], and upon Mephaath[H4158],
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And upon Dibon[H1769], and upon Nebo[H5015], and upon Bethdiblathaim[H1015],
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And upon Kiriathaim[H7156], and upon Bethgamul[H1014], and upon Bethmeon[H1010],
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And upon Kerioth[H7152], and upon Bozrah[H1224], and upon all the cities[H5892] of the land[H776] of Moab[H4124], far[H7350] or near[H7138].
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The horn[H7161] of Moab[H4124] is cut off[H1438], and his arm[H2220] is broken[H7665], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Make ye him drunken[H7937]: for he magnified[H1431] himself against the LORD[H3068]: Moab[H4124] also shall wallow[H5606] in his vomit[H6892], and he also shall be in derision[H7814].
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For was not Israel[H3478] a derision[H7814] unto thee? was he found[H4672] among thieves?[H1590] for since[H1767] thou spakest[H1697] of him, thou skippedst[H5110] for joy.
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O ye that dwell[H3427] in Moab[H4124], leave[H5800] the cities[H5892], and dwell[H7931] in the rock[H5553], and be like the dove[H3123] that maketh her nest[H7077] in the sides[H5676] of the hole's mouth[H6310].
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We have heard[H8085] the pride[H1347] of Moab,(he is exceeding[H3966]proud[H1343]) his loftiness[H1363], and his arrogancy[H1346], and his pride[H1347], and the haughtiness[H7312] of his heart[H3820].
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I know[H3045] his wrath[H5678], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; but it shall not be so; his lies[H907] shall not so effect[H6213] it.
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Therefore will I howl[H3213] for Moab[H4124], and I will cry out[H2199] for all Moab[H4124]; mine heart shall mourn[H1897] for the men[H582] of Kirheres[H7025].
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O vine[H1612] of Sibmah[H7643], I will weep[H1058] for thee with the weeping[H1065] of Jazer[H3270]: thy plants[H5189] are gone over[H5674] the sea[H3220], they reach[H5060] even to the sea[H3220] of Jazer[H3270]: the spoiler[H7703] is fallen[H5307] upon thy summer fruits[H7019] and upon thy vintage[H1210].
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And joy[H8057] and gladness[H1524] is taken[H622] from the plentiful field[H3759], and from the land[H776] of Moab[H4124]; and I have caused wine[H3196] to fail[H7673] from the winepresses[H3342]: none shall tread[H1869] with shouting[H1959]; their shouting[H1959] shall be no shouting[H1959].
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From the cry[H2201] of Heshbon[H2809] even unto Elealeh[H500], and even unto Jahaz[H3096], have they uttered[H5414] their voice[H6963], from Zoar[H6820] even unto Horonaim[H2773], as an heifer[H5697] of three years old[H7992]: for the waters[H4325] also of Nimrim[H5249] shall be desolate[H4923].
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Moreover I will cause to cease[H7673] in Moab[H4124], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], him that offereth[H5927] in the high places[H1116], and him that burneth incense[H6999] to his gods[H430].
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Therefore mine heart[H3820] shall sound[H1993] for Moab[H4124] like pipes[H2485], and mine heart[H3820] shall sound[H1993] like pipes[H2485] for the men[H582] of Kirheres[H7025]: because the riches[H3502] that he hath gotten[H6213] are perished[H6].
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For every head[H7218] shall be bald[H7144], and every beard[H2206]clipped[H1639]: upon all the hands[H3027] shall be cuttings[H1417], and upon the loins[H4975]sackcloth[H8242].
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There shall be lamentation[H4553] generally upon all the housetops[H1406] of Moab[H4124], and in the streets[H7339] thereof: for I have broken[H7665]Moab[H4124] like a vessel[H3627] wherein is no pleasure[H2656], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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They shall howl[H3213], saying, How is it broken down[H2865]! how hath Moab[H4124]turned[H6437] the back[H6203] with shame[H954]! so shall Moab[H4124] be a derision[H7814] and a dismaying[H4288] to all them about[H5439] him.
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, he shall fly[H1675] as an eagle[H5404], and shall spread[H6566] his wings[H3671] over Moab[H4124].
41Kerioth[H7152] is taken[H3920], and the strong holds[H4679] are surprised[H8610], and the mighty men's hearts[H3820] in Moab[H4124] at that day[H3117] shall be as the heart[H3820] of a woman[H802] in her pangs[H6887].
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And Moab[H4124] shall be destroyed[H8045] from being a people[H5971], because he hath magnified[H1431] himself against the LORD[H3068].
43Fear[H6343], and the pit[H6354], and the snare[H6341], shall be upon thee, O inhabitant[H3427] of Moab[H4124], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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He that fleeth[H5127]from[H6440] the fear[H6343] shall fall[H5307] into the pit[H6354]; and he that getteth up[H5927] out of the pit[H6354] shall be taken[H3920] in the snare[H6341]: for I will bring[H935] upon it, even upon Moab[H4124], the year[H8141] of their visitation[H6486], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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They that fled[H5127]stood[H5975] under the shadow[H6738] of Heshbon[H2809] because of the force[H3581]: but a fire[H784] shall come forth[H3318] out of Heshbon[H2809], and a flame[H3852] from the midst[H996] of Sihon[H5511], and shall devour[H398] the corner[H6285] of Moab[H4124], and the crown of the head[H6936] of the tumultuous[H7588]ones[H1121].
46Woe[H188] be unto thee, O Moab[H4124]! the people[H5971] of Chemosh[H3645]perisheth[H6]: for thy sons[H1121] are taken[H3947]captives[H7628], and thy daughters[H1323]captives[H7633].
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Yet will I bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of Moab[H4124] in the latter[H319]days[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]. Thus far[H2008] is the judgment[H4941] of Moab[H4124].