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1. Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!
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1. The burden H4853 of Moab H4124 . Because H3588 in the night H3915 Ar H6144 of Moab H4124 is laid waste H7703 , and brought to silence H1820 ; because H3588 in the night H3915 Kir H7024 of Moab H4124 is laid waste H7703 , and brought to silence H1820 ;
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2. They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.
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2. He is gone up H5927 to Bajith H1006 , and to Dibon H1769 , the high places H1116 , to weep H1065 : Moab H4124 shall howl H3213 over H5921 Nebo H5015 , and over H5921 Medeba H4311 : on all H3605 their heads H7218 shall be baldness H7144 , and every H3605 beard H2206 cut off H1639 .
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3. In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.
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3. In their streets H2351 they shall gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth H8242 : on H5921 the tops of their houses H1406 , and in their streets H7339 , every one H3605 shall howl H3213 , weeping H1065 abundantly H3381 .
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4. The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab's soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.
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4. And Heshbon H2809 shall cry H2199 , and Elealeh H500 : their voice H6963 shall be heard H8085 even unto H5704 Jahaz H3096 : therefore H5921 H3651 the armed soldiers H2502 of Moab H4124 shall cry out H7321 ; his life H5315 shall be grievous H3415 unto him.
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5. My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.
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5. My heart H3820 shall cry H2199 out for Moab H4124 ; his fugitives H1280 shall flee unto H5704 Zoar H6820 , a heifer H5697 of three years old H7992 : for H3588 by the mounting up H4608 of Luhith H3872 with weeping H1065 shall they go it up H5927 ; for H3588 in the way H1870 of Horonaim H2773 they shall raise up H5782 a cry H2201 of destruction H7667 .
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6. For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.
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6. For H3588 the waters H4325 of Nimrim H5249 shall be H1961 desolate H4923 : for H3588 the hay H2682 is withered away H3001 , the grass H1877 faileth H3615 , there is H1961 no H3808 green thing H3418 .
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7. For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.
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7. Therefore H5921 H3651 the abundance H3502 they have gotten H6213 , and that which they have laid up H6486 , shall they carry away H5375 to H5921 the brook H5158 of the willows H6155 .
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8. Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.
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8. For H3588 the cry H2201 is gone round H5362 about H853 the borders H1366 of Moab H4124 ; the howling H3213 thereof unto H5704 Eglaim H97 , and the howling H3213 thereof unto Beer H879 -elim.
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9. Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.
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9. For H3588 the waters H4325 of Dimon H1775 shall be full H4390 of blood H1818 : for H3588 I will bring H7896 more H3254 upon H5921 Dimon H1775 , lions H738 upon him that escapeth H6413 of Moab H4124 , and upon the remnant H7611 of the land H127 .
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