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We have heard that the people of Moab are proud
    and very conceited.
They are very proud and angry,
    but their bragging means nothing.
So the people of Moab will cry;
    they will all be sad.
They will moan and groan
    for the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.
But the fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah cannot grow grapes;
    foreign rulers have destroyed the grapevines.
The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert;
    they had spread as far as the sea.

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We have heard of Moab’s(A) pride(B)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail,(C)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes(D) of Kir Hareseth.(E)
The fields of Heshbon(F) wither,(G)
    the vines of Sibmah(H) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,(I)
which once reached Jazer(J)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(K)
    and went as far as the sea.[a](L)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea