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11 “The people of Moab have ·never known trouble [L been at ease since its youth].
    They are like wine left to settle;
they have never been poured from one jar to another.
    They have not ·been taken into captivity [L gone into exile].
So ·they taste as they did before [L their flavor stands],
    and their ·smell [aroma] has not changed.
12 ·A time is [L Days are] coming,” says the Lord,
    “When I will send people to ·pour [decant] you from your jars.
They will empty Moab’s jars
    and smash their jugs [C a fitting image since Moab produced much wine; 16:8–10].
13 The ·people [L house] of Israel ·trusted [had confidence in] that god in the town of Bethel [1 Kin. 13:26–33; Amos 7:13],
    and they were ·ashamed [humiliated] when there was no help.
In the same way Moab will be ·ashamed of [humiliated by] their god Chemosh.

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