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30     I, too, know of the arrogant outbursts, but they are pointless;
        empty boasts accomplish nothing.
31     This is why I will mourn for Moab; for all her people, I will cry aloud;
        for the men of Kir-heres, I will moan.
32     You who tend the prolific vineyards in Sibmah,
        I will cry for you more than I did for Jazer.
    Your vines once spread as far as the sea, as far as the sea of Jazer.
        But now the destroyer has spoiled your summer harvest and sweet grapes.

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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