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burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought
to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought
to silence; 2 He
is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall
howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off. 3 In
their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of
their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. 4 And
Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz:
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be
grievous unto him.
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My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an
heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping
shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry
of destruction. 6 For
the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the
grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore
the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall
they carry away to the brook of the willows. 8 For
the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto
Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. 9 For
the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon,
lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.