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38 There will be lamentation everywhere
    upon all the housetops of Moab
    and in the streets,
for I have broken Moab
    like a vessel in which is no pleasure,
    says the Lord.
39 How it is broken down! How they have wailed!
    How Moab has turned his back with shame!
So Moab will be a derision
    and a terror to all around him.

40 For thus says the Lord:

Look, one will fly as an eagle
    and spread his wings against Moab.

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38 On all the roofs in Moab
    and in the public squares(A)
there is nothing but mourning,
    for I have broken Moab
    like a jar(B) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(C) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(D)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

40 This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping(E) down,
    spreading its wings(F) over Moab.

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