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27 Moab, you laughed at Israel, didn’t you?
    Were Israel’s people caught among robbers?
Is that why you shake your head at them?
    Is that why you make fun of them
    every time you talk about them?
28 Leave your towns,
    you who live in Moab.
    Go and live among the rocks.
Be like a dove that makes its nest
    at the entrance of a cave.

29 “We have heard all about Moab’s pride.
    We have heard how very proud they are.
They think they are so much better than others.
    Their pride reaches deep down inside their hearts.

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27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(A)
    Was she caught among thieves,(B)
that you shake your head(C) in scorn(D)
    whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(E) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.(F)

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(G)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(H) of her heart.

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