Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
15 Moab and its cities are destroyed; its finest young men have been slaughtered. I am the king, the Lord Almighty, and I have spoken.
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Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.
16 Moab's doom approaches; its ruin is coming soon.
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“The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.
17 "Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, "Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.'
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Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!’
18 You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.
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“Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.
19 You that live in Aroer, stand by the road and wait; ask those who are running away, find out from them what has happened.
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Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 "Moab has fallen,' they will answer, "weep for it; it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed!'
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Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
21 "Judgment has come on the cities of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
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Judgment has come to the plateau— to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim,
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to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23 Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, Bethmeon,
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to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24 Kerioth, and Bozrah. Judgment has come on all the cities of Moab, far and near.
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to Kerioth and Bozrah— to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab's might has been crushed; its power has been destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken."
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Moab’s horn is cut off; her arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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