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The destroyer will come against every town;
    not one town will escape.
The valley will ·be ruined [perish],
    and the high plain will be destroyed,
    as the Lord has said.
Give ·wings [or salt; C a symbol of complete destruction; Judg. 9:45] to Moab,
    because she will surely leave her land.
Moab’s towns will become ·empty [desolate],
    with no one to live in them.
10 A curse will be on anyone who ·doesn’t do what the Lord says [L is slack in doing the Lord’s work],
    and a curse will be on anyone who holds back his sword from ·killing [L blood].

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The destroyer(A) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau(B) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
Put salt(C) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(D)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(E) from bloodshed!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away