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41 Kerioth is taken,
and the strongholds are seized.
On that day the hearts of Moab’s strong warriors
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation
because he has defied the Lord.
43 Panic, pit, and peril[a] are before you,
you who live in Moab, declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 48:43 The Hebrew words pahad, pahat, and pah sound similar and are used for poetic effect. A bit of literalness is sacrificed in the rendering of pah to retain the effect. Pah is more literally trap.

41 Kerioth[a](A) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(B)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(C)
42 Moab will be destroyed(D) as a nation(E)
    because she defied(F) the Lord.
43 Terror(G) and pit and snare(H) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities