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10 A curse on any who do not finish the work I, the Eternal One, have given you! A curse on anyone who holds back his sword and refuses to shed blood.

11     Moab has been at rest since his early days—
        like wine that is carefully left to age,
    Not poured from jar to jar,
        not going from nation to nation in exile.
    And so his flavor has remained; his aroma has not faded.

12 But all of that will change. Look, in the coming days, I, the Eternal One, declare that I will send those who will upend him, stirring him up and pouring him out until his jars have nothing left. They will empty his jars and smash the empty jugs.

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10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(A) from bloodshed!(B)

11 “Moab has been at rest(C) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,(D)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.
12 But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.

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