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Judgment Declared Against Moab
Jeremiah 48:1-10
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Concerning Mo'av, this is what ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "Woe to N'vo, for it is ravaged; Kiryatayim disgraced and captured. Misgav is put to shame, distressed.
2
"In Mo'av, nothing is left to praise. At Heshbon they plotted her downfall: 'Come, we'll cut her off as a nation.' You too, Madmein, will be silenced; the sword pursues behind you.
3
An agonized cry from Horonayim, ruin, terrible devastation!
4
Mo'av has been shattered; the cries of her young ones are heard,
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as they ascend the slopes of Luchit, weeping bitterly as they climb. On the road down to Horonayim shrieks of destruction ring out."
6
Flee! Save your lives! Be strong, like a tamarisk in the desert.
7
Because you trust in your deeds and your wealth, you too will be captured. Together with his priests and princes, K'mosh will go into exile.
8
A destroyer will descend on every city, no city will escape. The valley too will perish, the plain will be laid waste, as ADONAI as said.
9
Give Mo'av wings, so it can fly and get away. Its cities will become ruins, with no one to live in them.
10
A curse on him who does the work of ADONAI carelessly! A curse on him who withholds his sword from blood!
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