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At that time, people will say,
“The Lord has saved us!
    Let's celebrate.
We waited and hoped—
    now our God is here.”
10 (A) The powerful arm of the Lord
    will protect this mountain.

The Moabites will be put down
and trampled on like straw
    in a pit of manure.
11 They will struggle to get out,
but God will humiliate them
    no matter how hard they try.[a]

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  1. 25.11 no matter … try: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

In that day(A) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(B)
    we trusted(C) in him, and he saved(D) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(E) and be glad in his salvation.”(F)

10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(G)
    but Moab(H) will be trampled in their land
    as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(I) their pride(J)
    despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.

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  1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.