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Isaiah 16:6

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We have heard that the people of Moab are proud and very conceited. They are very proud and angry, but their bragging means nothing.

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People who act with stubborn pride are called “proud,” “bragger,” and “mocker.”

This is a message about Moab: In one night armies took the wealth from Ar in Moab, and it was destroyed. In one night armies took the wealth from Kir in Moab, and it was destroyed.

Proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will still be praised.

The Lord will protect Jerusalem, but he will crush our enemy Moab like straw that is trampled down in the manure.

They will spread their arms in it like a person who is swimming. But God will bring down their pride, and all the clever things they have made will mean nothing.

You say, “We have made an agreement with death; we have a contract with death. When terrible punishment passes by, it won’t hurt us. Our lies will keep us safe, and our tricks will hide us.”

Your agreement with death will be erased; your contract with death will not help you. When terrible punishment comes, you will be crushed by it.

I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false; I make fools of those who do magic. I confuse even the wise; they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.

“You cannot say, ‘We are warriors! We are brave men in battle!’

“The people of Moab thought they were greater than the Lord, so punish them until they act as if they are drunk. Moab will fall and roll around in its own vomit, and people will even make fun of it.

The nation of Moab will be destroyed, because they thought they were greater than the Lord.

Let a sword kill her false prophets, and they will become fools. Let a sword kill her warriors, and they will be full of terror.

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Moab, I will punish them. They burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

In the same way, younger people should be willing to be under older people. And all of you should be very humble with each other. “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”




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