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Give wings to Moab,
for she must fly and get away.
Her cities will become a wasteland,
with no one living in them.
10 Cursed is the one who does the work of Adonai with slackness,
and cursed is the one who withholds his sword from blood.
11 Moab has been at ease since his youth.
He has settled like wine on its dregs.
He has not been emptied from jar to jar,
nor gone into exile.
Therefore he retains his flavor,
and his aroma has not changed.

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Put salt(A) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(B)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(C) from bloodshed!(D)

11 “Moab has been at rest(E) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,(F)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away