15 “Moab has been destroyed and [a]men have gone up to [b]his cities;
His choicest [c](A)young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”
Declares the (B)King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 “The disaster of Moab will (C)soon come,
And his calamity has swiftly hastened.
17 “Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty [d](D)scepter been broken,
A staff of splendor!’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:15 Lit one has
  2. Jeremiah 48:15 Lit her
  3. Jeremiah 48:15 I.e. warriors
  4. Jeremiah 48:17 Or rod