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29     We have all heard about the pride of Moab—
        so vain and so smug.
    We have all heard about her pride and arrogance
        and her overconfident heart.
30     I, too, know of the arrogant outbursts, but they are pointless;
        empty boasts accomplish nothing.
31     This is why I will mourn for Moab; for all her people, I will cry aloud;
        for the men of Kir-heres, I will moan.

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29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(A)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(B) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(C) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(D) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(E)

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