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27 You made fun of my people
and treated them like criminals
    caught in the act.
28 Now you must leave your towns
    and live like doves
in the shelter of cliffs
    and canyons.

29 I know about your pride,
    and how you strut and boast.

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27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(A)
    Was she caught among thieves,(B)
that you shake your head(C) in scorn(D)
    whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(E) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.(F)

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(G)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(H) of her heart.

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