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30 I know his gall,”
    declares the Lord,
“and it’s futile;
    the boasting that they do is futile.
31 Therefore, I’ll wail for Moab,
    and for the whole of Moab I’ll cry out,
    for the men of Kir-heres I’ll moan.
32 More than the weeping for Jazer,[a]
    I’ll weep for you, vine of Sibmah.[b]
Your branches spread out to the sea,
    and reached as far as the Sea of Jazer.[c]
On your summer fruit and grapes[d]
    the destroyer will fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:32 Jazer was a town in Moab.
  2. Jeremiah 48:32 Sibmah was a town in Moab noted for its vineyards.
  3. Jeremiah 48:32 I.e. the Dead Sea
  4. Jeremiah 48:32 Lit. your vintage

30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(A) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(B) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(C)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(D) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.(E)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[a];
    they reached as far as[b] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
  2. Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of