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Punishment for Moab

This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the people of Moab for the many crimes they did. Moab burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. So I will start a fire in Moab that will destroy the high towers of Kerioth.[a] There will be terrible shouting and the sounds of a trumpet, and Moab will die.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Kerioth A city in Moab. This might be Ar, the capital city of Moab.

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes(B)
    the bones of Edom’s king,
I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a](C)
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries(D) and the blast of the trumpet.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:2 Or of her cities