(A)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
    and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and (B)the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.

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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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26 O daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth,
    and (B)roll in ashes;
(C)make mourning as for an only son,
    most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.

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26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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therefore (A)I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, (B)Beth-jeshimoth, (C)Baal-meon, and (D)Kiriathaim.

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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.

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56 for a destroyer has come upon her,
    upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
    their bows are broken in pieces,
(A)for the Lord is a God of recompense;
    he will surely repay.

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56 A destroyer(A) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.(B)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay(C) in full.

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20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
    (A)wail and cry!
Tell it beside (B)the Arnon,
    that (C)Moab is laid waste.

21 “Judgment has come upon (D)the tableland, upon Holon, and (E)Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and (F)Dibon, and (G)Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and (H)Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and (I)Beth-meon, 24 and (J)Kerioth, and (K)Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 (L)The horn of Moab is cut off, and (M)his arm is broken, declares the Lord.

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20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail(A) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(B)
    that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(C)
    to Holon,(D) Jahzah(E) and Mephaath,(F)
22     to Dibon,(G) Nebo(H) and Beth Diblathaim,
23     to Kiriathaim,(I) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(J)
24     to Kerioth(K) and Bozrah(L)
    to all the towns(M) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[a](N) is cut off;
    her arm(O) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.

18 (A)“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of (B)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.

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18 “Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,(A)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(B)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.(C)

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(A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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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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Footnotes

  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.

I have made their widows more in number
    than (A)the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
    a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
    fall upon them suddenly.

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I will make their widows(A) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(B)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(C)

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21 that is, (A)all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, (B)whom Moses defeated with (C)the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

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21 all the towns on the plateau(A) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(B) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(C)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country.

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17 with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; (A)Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

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17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(A) including Dibon,(B) Bamoth Baal,(C) Beth Baal Meon,(D)

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(A)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and (B)all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon;

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It extended from Aroer(A) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(B) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(C)

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