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40 “This is what Yahweh says:

The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.
41 The cities will be taken, and the fortified places will be captured.
    On that day Moab’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation,
    because it spoke against Yahweh.

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40 This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping(A) down,
    spreading its wings(B) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[a](C) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(D)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(E)
42 Moab will be destroyed(F) as a nation(G)
    because she defied(H) the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities