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When Saul's son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.

Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind.

But now that this has happened to you, you have become exhausted. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

Job's friends are dismayed and can no longer answer; words have left them.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed; the combers and weavers will turn pale.

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.

Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind.

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the Lord , so what wisdom do they really have?

I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing." This is the Lord 's declaration.

As for you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid— this is the Lord 's declaration— and do not be dismayed, Israel, for without fail I will save you from far away, your descendants, from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him.

About Moab, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed; Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive. The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.