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Numbers 21:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You Moabites are done for! Your god Chemosh deserted your people; they were captured, taken away by King Sihon the Amorite.

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“Solomon and the Israelites are not like their ancestor David. They will not listen to me, obey me, or do what is right. They have turned from me to worship Astarte the goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of Ammon.

Solomon built shrines on a hill east of Jerusalem to worship Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Molech the disgusting god of Ammon.

After that, he closed down the shrines that Solomon had built east of Jerusalem and south of Spoil Hill to honour Astarte the disgusting goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Milcom the disgusting god of Ammon.

I pity Moab! Its people are running to Zoar and to Eglath-Shelishiyah. They cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they tell of disasters.

The women of Moab crossing the River Arnon are like a flock of birds scattered from their nests.

Then you will be ashamed, because your god Chemosh cannot save you, just as Bethel could not help the Israelites.

Near the city of Heshbon, where Sihon once ruled, tired refugees stand in shadows cast by the flames of their burning city. Soon, the towns on other hilltops, where those warlike people live, will also go up in smoke.

People of Moab, you worshipped Chemosh, your god, but now you are done for, and your children are prisoners in a foreign country.

You thought you could be saved by your power and wealth, but you will be captured along with your god Chemosh, his priests, and officials.

“What I saw in my vision hasn't happened yet. But some day, a king of Israel will appear like a star. He will wipe out you Moabites and destroy those tribes who live in the desert.

If Chemosh your god takes over a country and gives it to you, don't you have a right to it? And if the LORD takes over a country and gives it to us, the land is ours!




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