40 he pours contempt on nobles(A)
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.(B)

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14 And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years,(A) Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

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Many who sleep in the dust(A)
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,(B)
and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.(C)

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16 The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.(A)
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place(B)
and the city’s[a] residents an object of contempt;[b](C)
you will bear the scorn of my people.”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:16 Lit and its
  2. 6:16 Lit residents a hissing
  3. 6:16 LXX reads of the peoples

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants,(A) and I will spread animal waste[a] over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices,(B) and you will be taken away with it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Dung or entrails

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