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12 When Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.(A)

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Daughter Dibon[a] has gone up
    to the high places to weep;
over Nebo and over Medeba
    Moab wails.
Every head is shaved;
    every beard is shorn;(A)

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  1. 15.2 Cn: Heb the house and Dibon

35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, says the Lord, those who offer sacrifice at a high place and make offerings to their gods.(A)

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29 As midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice, no answer, and no response.(A)

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28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.[a]

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  1. 23.28 Or overlooks Jeshimon

14 So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah. He built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(A)

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39 Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

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46 Woe to you, O Moab!
    The people of Chemosh have perished,
for your sons have been taken captive
    and your daughters into captivity.(A)

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13 Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.(A)

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Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds[a] and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
Chemosh shall go out into exile,
    with his priests and his attendants.(A)

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  1. 48.7 Gk: Heb works

Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
    and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
    for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    for they cannot do evil,
    nor is it in them to do good.(A)

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  1. 10.5 Heb They

13 You are wearied with your many consultations;
    let those who study[a] the heavens
stand up and save you,
    those who gaze at the stars
and at each new moon predict
    what[b] shall befall you.(A)

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  1. 47.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 47.13 Gk Syr Compare Vg: Heb from what

38 As he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him.(A)

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16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;
    they poured out a prayer[a]
    when your chastening was on them.(A)

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  1. 26.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain

28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(A)

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Our God is in the heavens;
    he does whatever he pleases.(A)
Their idols are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.(B)
They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    they have eyes, but they do not see.
They have ears, but they do not hear;
    they have noses, but they do not smell.
They have hands, but they do not feel;
    they have feet, but they do not walk;
    they make no sound in their throats.

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16 Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.(A) 17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18 and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed.(B) 19 So now, O Lord our God, save us, I pray you, from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone.”(C)

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12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(A)

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27 Then he took his firstborn son who was to succeed him and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And great wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.(A)

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Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites on the mountain east of Jerusalem.(A)

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17 I see him but not now;
    I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads[a] of Moab
    and the heads[b] of all the Shethites.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.17 Or borderlands
  2. 24.17 Or territory

Balaam’s First Oracle

41 On the next day Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he could see part of the people of Israel.[a](A) 23 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”(B) Balak did as Balaam had said and offered[b] a bull and a ram on each altar.(C) Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offerings while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.(D)

Footnotes

  1. 22.41 Heb lacks of Israel
  2. 23.2 Heb mss Gk: MT reads Balak and Balaam offered