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“Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth,
    but now even you will be conquered;
your god Chemosh will go into exile,
    along with his princes and priests.
Not a town will escape the destruction;
    both valley and plain will be ruined.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Set up a tombstone for Moab;
    it will soon be destroyed.
Its towns will be left in ruins,
    and no one will live there again.”

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Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(A)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(B) will go into exile,(C)
    together with his priests and officials.(D)
The destroyer(E) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau(F) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
Put salt(G) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(H)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away