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16 The destruction of Moab is approaching,
and its disaster hurries swiftly.
17 Mourn for it, all you surrounding nations.
All you who know its name say,
“How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff!”

18 Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
you[a] who dwell in Dibon.
Moab’s destroyer has come up against you.
He has destroyed your strongholds.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:18 The Hebrew is feminine singular, referring to Moab as a nation.