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17 Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the strong [a](A)scepter been broken,
A staff of beauty!’
18 (B)Come down from your glory
And inhabit [b]the parched ground,
O inhabitant of the (C)daughter of (D)Dibon;
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.
19 Stand by the road and keep watch,
O inhabitant of (E)Aroer;
(F)Ask him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:17 Or rod
  2. Jeremiah 48:18 Lit in thirst