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Summary
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
A derision
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Bible References
How is it
Jeremiah 48:17
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.'
Lamentations 1:1
She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!
Lamentations 2:1
In his anger Jehovah covered Zion with clouds of darkness. He changed its heavenly splendor into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his footstool.
Lamentations 4:1
How dark the gold has become! How changed is the best gold! The stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning.
A derision
Jeremiah 48:26
Jehovah said: 'Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit and people will laugh.
Isaiah 20:4
so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared to Egypt's shame.
Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
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Jeremiah 49:25
I once was pleased with your famous city. But now I warn you: Escape while you still can!