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31 So I am sad for Moab. I am crying for all their people.
I weep for the people of Kir-Heres.[a]
32 I weep for the vines of Sibmah, more than Jazer weeps.
The branches of those vines reached across the sea as far as Jazer.[b]
But the cruel enemy will destroy all the fruit that grows on your vines and trees.
33 People will no longer be happy in the land where this fruit grows.
I will stop them making wine from their grapes.
They will not stamp on their grapes and shout with joy.
Instead, the shouts will be shouts about trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. 48:31 Kir-Heres had been the capital city of Moab.
  2. 48:32 The vines are a picture of Moab's strength. Other nations enjoyed the good things that they received from Moab. The sea is the Dead Sea.