I know his insolence, declares the Lord; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.
A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
“‘I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me. Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.’
We have heard of the pride of Moab— how proud he is!— of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; in his idle boasting he is not right.
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’ “God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
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