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-"Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of armies, The God of Israel, "^(C1)Moab will assuredly be like ^(C2)Sodom, And the sons of ^(C3)Ammon like ^(C4)Gomorrah— Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, And a permanent desolation. The remnant of My people will ^(C5)plunder them, And the remainder of My nation will inherit them."

And He will ^(C1)stretch out His hand against the north And eliminate ^(C2)Assyria, And He will make ^(C3)Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.

Flocks will lie down in her midst, ^(F1)All animals that range in herds; Both the ^(F2)(C1)pelican and the hedgehog Will spend their nights in ^(F3)the tops of her pillars; ^(F4)Birds will sing in the window, Devastation will be on the threshold; For He has uncovered the cedar work.

This is the ^(C1)presumptuous city That ^(C2)dwells securely, Who says in her heart, "^(C3)I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become a ^(C4)desolation, A resting place for animals! ^(C5)Everyone who passes by her will ^(F1)hiss And wave his hand in contempt.