5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. 6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. 7 So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
Isaiah 15:5–7
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Jeremiah 48:33–35
33 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy. 34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to…
Jeremiah 48:4–6
4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. 5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: 6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
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