Isaiah 16:14
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14 But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”(A)
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Jeremiah 48:46-47
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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)
47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, says the Lord.
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.(B)
Jeremiah 48:42
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42 Moab shall be destroyed as a people,
because he magnified himself against the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has planned it—
to defile the pride of all glory,
to shame all the honored of the earth.(A)
Isaiah 21:16
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16 For thus the Lord said to me: “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end,(A)
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Jeremiah 9:23
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23 Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;(A)
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Isaiah 25:10
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10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.
The Moabites shall be trodden down in their place
as straw is trodden down in the manure.(A)
Isaiah 17:4
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4 On that day
the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.(A)
Isaiah 15:5
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5 My heart cries out for Moab;
his fugitives flee to Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to Horonaim
they raise a cry of destruction;(A)
Isaiah 7:16
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16 For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.(A)
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Esther 5:11
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11 and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.(A)
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Deuteronomy 15:8
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8 You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.(A)
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Genesis 31:1
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Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks
31 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s; he has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”
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Nahum 2:9-10
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9 “Plunder the silver;
plunder the gold!
There is no end of treasure!
An abundance of every precious thing!”
10 Devastation, desolation, and destruction!
Hearts faint and knees tremble;
all loins quake;
all faces grow pale!(A)
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