Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 48:10
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Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
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Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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“Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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Jeremiah 48
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.
11 Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
12 Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
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