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30 I know his insolence,” declares[a] Yahweh,
    “and his boastings are false;[b]
    they act falsely.[c]
31 Therefore[d] over Moab I wail,
    and for all of Moab I cry out,
    for the people[e] of Kir-heres I moan.
32 More than the weeping of Jazer
    I weep for you, O vine Sibmah.
Your branches cross over the sea,
    up to the sea of Jazer they reach.
Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage
    the destroyer has fallen.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:30 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 48:30 Literally “not right”
  3. Jeremiah 48:30 Literally “not right”
  4. Jeremiah 48:31 Literally “Unto thus”
  5. Jeremiah 48:31 Or “men”

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