8 The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said. 9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them. 10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
Jeremiah 48:8–10
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