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-"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.