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Moab’s daughters are like fluttering birds,
    like scattered nestlings,
        at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

Give us advice.
    Make a decision.
        At high noon make your shadow as dark as night.
            Hide the fugitives.
                Don’t betray the refugees.
Let the fugitives from Moab stay with you a while.
    Be their refuge from the destroyer.
    Ruthless people will come to an end.
    The destruction will end.
        The one who tramples others will be gone.

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Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,(A)
so are the women of Moab(B)
    at the fords(C) of the Arnon.(D)

“Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,(E)
    do not betray the refugees.
Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter(F) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor(G) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;(H)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.

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