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They are wearing rough sackcloth in the streets. On the roofs of their houses and in the open places in their towns, they are weeping. They fall to the ground as they weep.

The people in Heshbon and Elealeh cry aloud. People as far as Jahaz hear the sound of their voices! The soldiers of Moab cry aloud because they are afraid. They are shaking with fear.

I am very upset because of what is happening to Moab's people. They are running away, as far as Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah.

They weep while they climb up the hill to Luhith.
On the road to Horonaim they shout aloud,
    ‘An enemy has destroyed us!’

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