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Isaiah 16:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We have heard of Moab's pride. Its people strut and boast, but without reason.

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If you are proud and conceited, everyone will say, “You're a snob!”

This is a message about Moab: The towns of Ar and Kir were destroyed in a night. Moab is left in ruins!

When the LORD comes, everyone who is proud will be made humble, and the LORD alone will be honoured.

The powerful arm of the LORD will protect this mountain. The Moabites will be put down and trampled on like straw in a pit of manure.

They will struggle to get out, but God will humiliate them no matter how hard they try.

Do you think you have an agreement with death and the world of the dead? Why do you trust in your lies to keep you safe from danger and the mighty flood?

Your agreement with death and the world of the dead will be broken. Then angry, roaring waves will sweep over you.

I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortune-tellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense.

You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave.

People of Moab, you claim to be stronger than I am. Now I will tell other nations to make you drunk and to laugh while you collapse in your own vomit.

You are finished as a nation, because you dared oppose me, the LORD.

This war will prove that your prophets are liars and fools. And it will frighten your warriors.

The LORD said: I will punish Moab for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They made lime from the bones of the king of Edom.

All you young people should obey your elders. In fact, everyone should be humble towards everyone else. The Scriptures say, “God opposes proud people, but he helps everyone who is humble.”




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