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This is how I will punish the world for its sin, and the sinful for their wrong-doing. I will also put an end to those who are proud. And I will put to shame those who make it hard for others and show no pity.

Nations will take them and bring them to their place. The family of Israel will own them in the Lord's land as men and women servants. They will take those who had taken them away and they will rule over those who had made it hard for them.

you will speak against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the one who made it hard for us has been stopped! How his anger has been stopped!

which used to beat the people in anger without stopping. The nations were ruled in anger. It was very hard for the people and there was no pity shown to them.

The world of the dead below wants to meet you when you come. It wakes up the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth. It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

Make a place ready for his sons to be killed because of the sin of their fathers. They must not come into power and take the earth, and fill the world with cities."

"I will turn it into a place for hedgehogs, full of pools of water. And I will go over it and destroy it," says the Lord of All.

For the Lord of All has planned, and who can keep it from happening? Who can turn His hand back?

"Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the special stick that made it hard for you is broken. One snake dies and a worse one comes, a snake that can fly.

Cry out, O gate. Cry, O city. All you Philistines are weak in heart. For smoke comes from the north, and everyone keeps his place in his army.

What answer will be given to the men sent by the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and it will be a safe place for His people who are poor and troubled."

My heart cries out for Moab. His men have run away as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the hill of Luhith crying. On the road to Horonaim they cry in sorrow over their being destroyed.

For the waters of Nimrim have been laid waste. The grass is dried up. The new grass died out. There is no green thing.

"Give us words of wisdom. Do what is right for us. Make your shadow like night at noonday. Hide those who have been sent away. Do not go against those who are running for their lives.

Let those of Moab who have been sent away stay with you. Hide them from the one who destroys." For the one who uses sinful power has come to an end, and trouble has stopped. Those who make it hard for the people have gone from the land.

So Moab will cry out. Everyone of Moab will cry out. You will cry for the dried-grape cakes of Kir-hareseth, as if you were in the worst trouble.

So I will cry with much sorrow for Jazer and for the vines of Sibmah. I will make you wet with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, because there is nothing to gather from your summer fruits.

Happiness and joy are taken away from the field that gives much fruit. No songs are sung in the grape-fields. No one crushes grapes to make wine, for I have stopped the cry of joy.

So my heart cries with sorrow for Moab like a harp. Inside myself I cry for Kir-hareseth.

The cities of Aroer are left empty. They will be for the flocks to lie down in, and no one will make them afraid.