17 Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
And all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How the mighty [a](A)scepter has been broken,
A staff of splendor!’
18 (B)Come down from your glory
And sit on the parched ground,
O (C)daughter living in (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,
You 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

17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;(A)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(B)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

18 “Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,(C)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(D)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.(E)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.(F)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’

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