Jeremiah 48:16-18

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¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near at hand
    and his affliction hastens apace.
¹⁷Bemoan him, all you who are round about him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

¹⁸“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.

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