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    You depended on your own works and your own wealth,
        and now you will be humbled and taken captive.
    Your so-called god, Chemosh, will go with you into exile
        along with his priests and officials.
    The destroyer is coming to each of your towns; none of them will escape.
        The valley will be ruined;
    The plateau will be destroyed
        because I, the Eternal One, have spoken.
    Give Moab wings so she can fly away.
        Her cities will be a wasteland with no one living in them.

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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