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26 Make him drunk,
    for he magnified himself against the Lord.
Moab also will wallow in his vomit,
    and he also will be held in derision.
27 For was not Israel a derision to you?
    Or was he caught among thieves?
For each time you speak of him,
    you shake your head in scorn.
28 O you who dwell in Moab,
    leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
and be like the dove that makes her nest
    in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

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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)

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