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At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses, At the rushing of his chariots, At the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers will not look back for their children, Lacking courage,

For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures, You also shall be taken. And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, His priests and his princes together.

Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD deceitfully, And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

"Moab has been at ease from his Jeremiah 48.">[fn] youth;He has settled on his dregs,And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,Nor has he gone into captivity.Therefore his taste remained in him,And his scent has not changed.

"Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I shall send him wine-workers Who will tip him over And empty his vessels And break the bottles.

"The calamity of Moab is near at hand, And his affliction comes quickly.

Bemoan him, all you who are around him; And all you who know his name, Say, "How the strong staff is broken, The beautiful rod!'

The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken," says the LORD.

"Make him drunk, Because he exalted himself against the LORD. Moab shall wallow in his vomit, And he shall also be in derision.

"We have heard the pride of Moab (He is exceedingly proud), Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride, And of the haughtiness of his heart."

"I know his wrath," says the LORD, "But it is not right; His lies have made nothing right.

"Moreover," says the LORD, "I will cause to cease in Moab The one who offers sacrifices in the high places And burns incense to his gods.

For thus says the LORD: "Behold, one shall fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over Moab.

Against the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: "Has Israel no sons?Has he no heir?Why then does Milcom Jeremiah 49:3)">[fn] inherit Gad,And his people dwell in its cities?

Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance," says the LORD.

"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth! Lament and run to and fro by the walls; For Milcom shall go into captivity With his priests and his princes together.

But I have made Esau bare;I have uncovered his secret places, Obadiah 1:5, 6 ">[fn] And he shall not be able to hide himself.His descendants are plundered,His brethren and his neighbors,And he is no more.

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom, And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle, And spread His wings over Bozrah; The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land.