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gone downe to slaughter, saith ye King, whose of Nimrim shalbe wasted. 35 Moreouer, I will
name is ye Lord of hostes. 16 The destruction of cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that
Moab is ready to come, and his plague hasteth offered in the high places, and him that burneth
fast. 17 All ye that are about him, mourne for incense to his gods. 36 Therefore mine heart shall
him, and all ye that knowe his name, say, Howe sounde for Moab like a shaume, and mine heart
shall sound like a shaume for the men of Ker-
is the strong staffe broken, and the beautifull heres, because the riches that he hath gotten,
rod! 18 Thou daughter that doest inhabite Dibon, is perished. 37 For euery head shalbe balde, and
come downe from thy glory, and sit in thirst: for euery beard plucked: vpon all the handes shall be
the destroyer of Moab shall come vpon thee, and cuttings, and vpon the loynes sackecloth. 38 And
he shall destroy thy strong holdes. 19 Thou that mourning shall be vpon all the house toppes of
dwellest in Aroer, stand by the way, and beholde: Moab and in all the streetes thereof: for I haue
aske him that fleeth and that escapeth, and say, broken Moab like a vessell wherein is no pleasure,
What is done? 20 Moab is cofouded: for it is sayeth the Lord. 39 They shall howle, saying, How
destroied: howle, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, is he destroyed? howe hath Moab turned the
that Moab is made waste, 21 And iudgement is backe with shame? so shall Moab be a derision,
come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holon and andafearetoallthemabouthim. 40 Forthussaith
vpon Iahazah, and vpon Mephaath, 22 And vpon the Lord, Beholde, he shall flee as an eagle, and
Dibon, and vpon Nebo, and vpon the house of shall spread his wings ouer Moab. 41 The cities are
Diblathaim, 23 And vpon Kiriathaim, and vpon taken, and the strong holdes are wonne, and ye
Beth-gamul, and vpon Beth-meon, 24 And vpon mightie mens hearts in Moab at that day shalbe
Kerioth, and vpon Bozrah, and vpon all the cities as ye heart of a woman in trauaile. 42 And Moab
of ye land of Moab farre or neere. 25 The horne of shall be destroyed from being a people, because
Moab is cut off, and his arme is broken, saith the he hath set vp himselfe against the Lord. 43 Feare,
Lord. 26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified and pit and snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant
himselfe against the Lord: Moab shall wallowe of Moab, saith the Lord. 44 He that escapeth from
in his vomite, and he also shalbe in derision. the feare, shall fall in the pit, and he that getteth
27 For diddest not thou deride Israel, as though vp out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare:
he had bene found among theeues? for when for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the
thou speakest of him, thou art moued. 28 O ye yeere of their visitation, sayeth the Lord. 45 They
that dwell in Moab, leaue the cities, and dwell that fled, stoode vnder the shadowe of Heshbon,
in the rockes, and be like the doue, that maketh because of the force: for the fire came out of
her nest in the sides of the holes mouth. 29 We Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon, and deuoured
haue heard the pride of Moab (hee is exceeding the corner of Moab, and the top of the seditious
proude) his stoutnesse, and his arrogancie, and children. 46 Wo be vnto thee, O Moab: the people
his pride, and the hautinesse of his heart. 30 I of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sonnes are taken
know his wrath, saith ye Lord, but it shall not captiues, and thy daughters led into captiuitie.
be so: and his dissimulatios, for they do not 47 Yet will I bring againe the captiuitie of Moab
right. 31 Therefore will I howle for Moab, and in the latter dayes, sayeth the Lord. Thus farre of
I will crie out for all Moab: mine heart shall the iudgement of Moab.
mourne for the men of Kir-heres. 32 O vine of
Sibmah, I will weepe for thee, as I wept for Iazer:
thy plants are gone ouer the sea, they are come 49
to the sea of Iazer: ye destroyer is fallen vpon 1 Unto the children of Ammon thus saith the
thy somer fruites, and vpon thy vintage, 33 And Lord, Hath Israel no sonnes? or hath he none
ioye, and gladnesse is taken from the plentifull heire? Why then hath their king possessed God?
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fielde, and from the land of Moab: and I haue and his people dwelt in his cities? Therefore
caused wine to faile from the winepresse: none beholde the dayes come, sayeth the Lord, that I
shall treade with shouting: their shouting shall will cause a noyse of warre to be heard in Rabbah
be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate
vnto Elaleh and vnto Iahaz haue they made their heape, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire:
noyse from Zoar vnto Horonaim, ye heiffer of then shall Israel possesse those that possessed
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three yere old shall go lowing: for ye waters also him, sayeth the Lord. Howle, O Heshbon, for
Ai is wasted: crie ye daughters of Rabbah: girde