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15 <1> This is a message about Moab[157]:
One night armies took the wealth from Ar in Moab,
and the city was destroyed.
One night armies took the wealth from Kir in Moab,
and the city was destroyed.
<2> The king's family and the people of Dibon[158]
are going to the places of worship[159] to cry.
The people of Moab are crying
for Nebo[160] and Medeba.[161]
They shaved their heads and beards
to show their sadness.
<3> Everywhere in Moab, on the housetops and in the streets,
people are wearing black clothes.
They are crying.
<4> In Heshbon and Elealeh
they are crying loudly.
You can hear their voices
as far away as Jahaz.
Even the soldiers are scared.
They are shaking with fear.
<5> My heart cries with sorrow for Moab.
Its people are running for safety.
They run far away to Zoar.
They run to Eglath Shelishiyah.
The people are crying as they go up
the mountain road to Luhith.
They are crying loudly
as they walk on the road to Horonaim.
<6> But Nimrim Brook is as dry as a desert.
The grass has dried up;
the plants are all dead.
Nothing is green.
<7> So the people gather up everything they own
and cross the border at Arabah stream.
<8> You can hear crying everywhere in Moab-
as far away as Eglaim and Beer Elim.
<9> The water of Dimon[162] is full of blood,
and I will bring even more troubles to Dimon.
A few people living in Moab have escaped the enemy,
but I will send lions to eat them.
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