May all who hate Zion(A)
    be turned back in shame.(B)
May they be like grass on the roof,(C)
    which withers(D) before it can grow;
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,(E)
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you(F) in the name of the Lord.”

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26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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16 “‘But all who devour(A) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.(B)
Those who plunder(C) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

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26 “Make her drunk,(A)
    for she has defied(B) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(C)
    let her be an object of ridicule.(D)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(E)
    Was she caught among thieves,(F)
that you shake your head(G) in scorn(H)
    whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(I) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.(J)

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(K)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(L) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(M) accomplish nothing.

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Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!(A)” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated(B) and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,(C) therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East(D) as a possession. They will set up their camps(E) and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.(F) I will turn Rabbah(G) into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep.(H) Then you will know that I am the Lord. For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands(I) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,(J) therefore I will stretch out my hand(K) against you and give you as plunder(L) to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy(M) you, and you will know that I am the Lord.(N)’”

A Prophecy Against Moab

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab(O) and Seir(P) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

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25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(B) I will be proved holy(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(D) 26 They will live there in safety(E) and will build houses and plant(F) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment(G) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.(H)’”

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“‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C) therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(D) and it will pursue you.(E) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste(F) and cut off from it all who come and go.(G) I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.(H) I will make you desolate forever;(I) your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(J)

10 “‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession(K) of them,” even though I the Lord was there, 11 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will treat you in accordance with the anger(L) and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.(M) 12 Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.(N) 13 You boasted(O) against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.(P)

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10 Because of the violence(A) against your brother Jacob,(B)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(C)

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16 Just as you drank(A) on my holy hill,(B)
    so all the nations will drink(C) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.(D)

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17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(A)
    it will be holy,(B)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(C)

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