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Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

Moab is ruined, even his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly to vengeance.

Shake the head at him, all ye that are round about him; all of you utter his name; say ye, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed.

Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughing-stock.

And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.

But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?

And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets shall be mourning: for I have broken him, saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

How has he changed! how has Moab turned his back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing-stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;

and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people;

and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdom s which are on the face of the earth.

And thou shalt prophesy against them these words, and shalt say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth,

He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.

Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.

And king Joakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to slay him; and Urias heard it and went into Egypt.

and they brought him thence, and brought him into the king; and he smote him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulchre of the children of his people.

Nevertheless the hand of Achicam son of Saphan was with Jeremias, to prevent his being delivered into the hands of the people, or being killed.