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14 But now the Lord has spoken again: “Within three years, like the years of a contract worker,[a] Moab’s glory will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and its survivors will be very few and[b] of no importance.”

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  1. Isaiah 16:14 I.e. as if carefully counted pursuant to an employment contract; cf. Isa 21:16
  2. Isaiah 16:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and

14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(A) as a servant bound by contract(B) would count them,(C) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(D) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(E)

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