The Destruction and Shame of Moab

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"How can you say, 'We are heroes, warriors valiant in battle'?

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They are ravaging Mo'av, attacking its cities; its best young men go down to be slaughtered," says the king, whose name is ADONAI-Tzva'ot.

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Mo'av's ruin is coming soon, its disaster speeds on swiftly.

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Pity him, all of you who are near him, all of you who know his name; say, "How the mighty scepter is shattered, that splendid staff!"

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Descend from your glory, and sit in thirst, daughter living in Divon; for Mo'av's destroyer advances on you; he has destroyed your strongholds.

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Stand by the road and watch, inhabitant of 'Aro'er; ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, "What is going on?"

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Mo'av is disgraced, indeed, destroyed. Wail aloud! Shriek! Proclaim it by the Arnon that Mo'av has been laid waste.

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Judgment has come on the Plain - on Holon, Yachtzah, Mefa'at,

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Divon, N'vo, Beit-Diblatayim,

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Kiryatayim, Beit-Gamul, Beit-M'on,

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K'riot, Botzrah and all the cities in the land of Mo'av, far and near.

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"Mo'av's strength is cut down, his arm is broken," says ADONAI.

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Because Mo'av boasted against ADONAI, make him so drunk that he wallows in his own vomit and becomes a laughingstock.

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After all, Isra'el was a laughingstock for you. He didn't associate with thieves; nevertheless, whenever you spoke of him, you shook your head.

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You who live in Mo'av, leave the cities, and live on the rocks; be like the dove who makes her nest in a hole in the rock at the mouth of a cave.