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1 The word against the land of Moab. By night the land of Moab shall be destroyed; for by night the wall of the land of Moab shall be destroyed.
2 Grieve for yourselves; for even Dibon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed; there shall you go up to weep, over Nebo of the land of Moab; howl; baldness shall be on every head, [and] all arms [shall be] wounded.
3 Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets; and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl, all of you, with weeping.
4 For Heshbon and Elealeh have cried; their voice was heard to Jahaz; therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know.
5 The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is [as] a heifer of three years old; and on the Ascent of Luith they shall go up to you weeping by the way of Aroniim; she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
6 The water of Nimrim shall be desolate, and its grass shall fail; for there shall be no green grass.
7 Shall [Moab] even thus be delivered? For I [will] bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it.
8 For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, [even] of Eglaim; and her howling [has gone] as far as the Well of Elim.
9 And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood; for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adamah.
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