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Give wings to Moab,
    because she will surely leave her land.
Moab’s towns will become empty,
    with no one to live in them.
10 A curse will be on anyone who doesn’t do what the Lord says,
    and a curse will be on anyone who holds back his sword from killing.

11 “The people of Moab have never known trouble.
    They are like wine left to settle;
they have never been poured from one jar to another.
    They have not been taken into captivity.
So they taste as they did before,
    and their smell has not changed.

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Put salt(A) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(B)
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(C) from bloodshed!(D)

11 “Moab has been at rest(E) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,(F)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.

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Footnotes

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