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| [1]THE WORD AGAINST THE LAND OF MOAB. |
[1]The burden of Moab. Surely Ar of Moab was destroyed , and brought to silence in a night: surely Kir of Moab was destroyed, and brought to silence in a night. |
| [2]Grieve for yourselves; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed: thither shall ye go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab: howl ye: baldness shall be on every head, and all arms shall be wounded. |
[2]He shall go up to the temple, and to Dibon to the high places to weep: for Nebo and for Medeba shall Moab howl: upon all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shaven. |
| [3]Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping. |
[3]In their streets shall they be girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets everyone shall howl, and come down with weeping. |
| [4]For Esebon and Eleale have cried: their voice was heard to Jassa: therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know. |
[4]And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard unto Jahaz: therefore the warriors of Moab shall shout: the soul of every one shall lament in himself. |
| [5]The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling. |
[5]Mine heart shall cry for Moab: his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three year old: for they shall go up with weeping by the mounting up of Luhith: and by the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. |
| [6]The water of Nemerim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail: for there shall be no green grass. |
[6]For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up: therefore the grass is withered, the herbs consumed, and there was no green herb. |
| [7]Shall Moab even thus be delivered? for I will bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it. |
[7]Therefore what every man hath left, and their substance shall they bear to the brook of the willows. |
| [8]For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Agalim; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Ælim. |
[8]For the cry went round about the borders of Moab: and the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the skriking thereof unto Beer Elim, |
| [9]And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood: for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama. |
[9]Because the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, even lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and to the remnant of the land. |