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"The disaster of Moab will soon come,And his calamity has quickly hastened.

Mourn for him, all you who live around him,Even all of you who know his name;Say, ‘How has the strong scepter been broken,A staff of beauty!'

The horn of Moab has been cut in pieces and his arm broken," declares Yahweh.

"Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against Yahweh; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.

We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and the exaltedness of his heart.

I know his fury," declares Yahweh,"But it is nothing;His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

I will make Moab cease," declares Yahweh, "the one who offers offerings on the high place and the one who offers offerings in smoke to his gods.

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

For thus says Yahweh:"Behold, one will swoop like an eagleAnd spread out his wings against Moab.

Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh:"Does Israel have no sons?Or has he no one who can take possession?Why then has Malcam taken possession of GadAnd his people settled in its cities?

Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares Yahweh,"That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heardAgainst Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;And it will become a desolate heap,And her towns will be set on fire.Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,"Says Yahweh.

"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,And rush back and forth inside the walls;For Malcam will go into exileTogether with his priests and his princes.

But I have stripped Esau bare;I have uncovered his hiding places,So that he will not be able to conceal himself;His seed has been destroyed along with his relativesAnd his neighbors, and he is no more.

Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Cut off the sower from BabylonAnd the one who seizes the sickle at the time of harvest;From before the sword of the oppressorThey will each turn back to his own people,And they will each flee to his own land.

"Israel is a scattered flock; the lions have banished them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.

And I will return Israel back to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

Yahweh has opened His armoryAnd has brought forth the weapons of His indignation,For it is a work of Lord Yahweh of hostsIn the land of the Chaldeans.