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-"^(C1)We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud— Of his haughtiness, his ^(C2)pride, his arrogance, and ^(F1)his self-exaltation.

-"I know his ^(C1)fury," declares the LORD, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

-"Therefore I will ^(C1)wail for Moab, For all of Moab I will cry out; ^(F1)I will moan for the men of ^(C2)Kir-heres.

-"More than the ^(C1)weeping for ^(C2)Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea, They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen.

-"So ^(C1)joy and rejoicing are removed From the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab. And I have ^(C2)eliminated the wine from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy.

"^(C1)From the outcry at Heshbon to ^(C2)Elealeh, to Jahaz they have ^(F1)raised their voice, from ^(C3)Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.

"And I will put an end to Moab," declares the LORD, "the one who offers sacrifice on the ^(C1)high place and the one who ^(F1)(C2)burns incense to his gods.

"Therefore My ^(C1)heart makes a sound like flutes for Moab; My heart also makes a sound like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have ^(C2)lost the abundance it produced.

"For ^(C1)every head is shaved bald, and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands, and ^(C2)sackcloth around the waists.

"On all the ^(C1)housetops of Moab and in its public squares ^(F1)there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable ^(C2)vessel," declares the LORD.

"How ^(F1)shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an ^(C1)object of terror to all around him."