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26 “Make him drunken;
    for he magnified himself against Yahweh.
Moab will wallow in his vomit,
    and he also will be in derision.
27 For wasn’t Israel a derision to you?
    Was he found among thieves?
For as often as you speak of him,
    you shake your head.
28 You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock.
    Be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

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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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