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44 “He who flees before[a] the dread
    will fall into the pit,
and the one who climbs up from the pit
    will be caught in the trapping net,
for I will bring on Moab
    the year of their punishment,” declares[b] Yahweh.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
    fugitives stand without strength,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
    and a flame from Sihon.
And it has eaten the forehead of Moab,
    and the skulls[c] of the people[d] of tumult.
46 Woe to you, Moab!
    The people of Chemosh have perished.
For your sons have been taken into captivity,
    and your daughters into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:44 Literally “from the face of”
  2. Jeremiah 48:44 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 48:45 Hebrew “skull”
  4. Jeremiah 48:45 Or “sons”