15 Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have agone down to the slaughter,” says bthe King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Her chosen young men have agone down to the slaughter,” says bthe King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
17 Bemoan him, all you who are around him;
And all you who know his name,
Say, a‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
And all you who know his name,
Say, a‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’
18 “O adaughter inhabiting bDibon,
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.
19 O inhabitant of aAroer,
bStand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’
bStand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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