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The Destruction and Shame of Moab
Jeremiah 48:14-28
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Howe thinke you thus, We are mightie and strong men of warre?
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Moab is destroyed, and his cities burnt vp, and his chose yong men are gone downe to slaughter, saith ye King, whose name is ye Lord of hostes.
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The destruction of Moab is ready to come, and his plague hasteth fast.
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All ye that are about him, mourne for him, and all ye that knowe his name, say, Howe is the strong staffe broken, and the beautifull rod!
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Thou daughter that doest inhabite Dibon, come downe from thy glory, and sit in thirst: for the destroyer of Moab shall come vpon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holdes.
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Thou that dwellest in Aroer, stand by the way, and beholde: aske him that fleeth and that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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Moab is cofouded: for it is destroied: howle, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is made waste,
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And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holon and vpon Iahazah, and vpon Mephaath,
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And vpon Dibon, and vpon Nebo, and vpon the house of Diblathaim,
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And vpon Kiriathaim, and vpon Beth-gamul, and vpon Beth-meon,
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And vpon Kerioth, and vpon Bozrah, and vpon all the cities of ye land of Moab farre or neere.
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The horne of Moab is cut off, and his arme is broken, saith the Lord.
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Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himselfe against the Lord: Moab shall wallowe in his vomite, and he also shalbe in derision.
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For diddest not thou deride Israel, as though he had bene found among theeues? for when thou speakest of him, thou art moued.
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leaue the cities, and dwell in the rockes, and be like the doue, that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.
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