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30 I know how rude they are.
    But it will not get them anywhere,” announces the Lord.
    “Their bragging does not accomplish anything.
31 So I weep over Moab.
    I cry for all Moab’s people.
    I groan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32 I weep for you as Jazer weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.
Your branches used to spread out.
    They went all the way down to the Dead Sea.
    They reached as far as the sea of Jazer.
The one who destroys your country
    has taken away your grapes and ripe fruit.

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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