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16 “The disaster of Moab is near to come,
    and his disaster approaches very quickly.[a]
17 Mourn for him, all his surroundings,
    and all those who knew his name.
Say, ‘How the staff of might is broken,
    the staff of glory.’
18 Come down from glory and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
    he has destroyed your fortifications.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:16 Literally “hastens greatly”