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The Destruction and Shame of Moab
Jeremiah 48:14-28
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How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
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Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
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Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
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Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
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Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
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Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
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Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
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upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
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upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
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The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
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“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
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Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
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Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
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