26 “Make her drunk,(A)
    for she has defied(B) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(C)
    let her be an object of ridicule.(D)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(E)
    Was she caught among thieves,(F)
that you shake your head(G) in scorn(H)
    whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(I) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.(J)

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(K)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(L) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(M) accomplish nothing.

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