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The destroyer will come upon every city,
    and no city will escape.
The valley also will perish,
    and the plain will be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.
Give wings to Moab,
    that she may flee and get away;
for the cities will become desolate,
    without any to dwell in them.

10 Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently,
    and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

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The destroyer(A) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau(B) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
Put salt(C) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste[a];(D)
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(E) from bloodshed!(F)

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Footnotes

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