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She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquity of their fathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge."

We have heard of Moab's pride, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

"In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. What he opens, no one can shut; what he shuts, no one can open.

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father's house: the descendants and the offshoots-all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

The moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and in the presence of His elders, He will display His glory.

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

And in that day it will be said, "Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."