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12 Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him and empty his vessels and break his jars in pieces.

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12 But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.

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(For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob,
    as well as the majesty of Israel,
though ravagers have ravaged them
    and ruined their branches.)(A)

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The Lord will restore(A) the splendor(B) of Jacob
    like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
    and have ruined their vines.

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therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the towns[a] on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. 10 I will give it along with Ammon to the people of the East as a possession. Thus Ammon shall be remembered no more among the nations,

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  1. 25.9 Heb towns from its towns

therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth(A), Baal Meon(B) and Kiriathaim(C)—the glory of that land. 10 I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered(D) among the nations;

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38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel that no one wants, says the Lord.(A)

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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.

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14 its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel
    that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a sherd is found
    for taking fire from the hearth
    or dipping water out of the cistern.(A)

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14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(A)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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You shall break them with a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(A)

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You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(A)
    you will dash them to pieces(B) like pottery.(C)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

15 Moab is destroyed, and his towns have gone up,
    and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
    says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.(A)

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15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men(A) will go down in the slaughter,(B)
    declares the King,(C) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(D)

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11 Moab has been at ease from his youth,
    settled like wine[a] on its dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
    nor has he gone into exile;
therefore his flavor has remained,
    and his aroma is unspoiled.(A)

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  1. 48.11 Heb lacks like wine

11 “Moab has been at rest(A) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,(B)
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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The destroyer shall come upon every town,
    and no town shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.(A)

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The destroyer(A) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau(B) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.

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34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;
    roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions,[a]
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.(A)

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  1. 25.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain

34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(A)
    roll(B) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(C) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.[a](D)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery

I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting disgrace.[a](A)

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  1. 25.9 Gk Compare Syr: Heb and everlasting desolations

I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

10 Then you shall break the jug in the sight of those who go with you

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10 “Then break the jar(A) while those who go with you are watching,

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Her[a] nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
    and cover their heads,(A)

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  1. 14.3 Gk: Heb their

The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(A)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(B)

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