The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: their captivity.
ZEP 2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the
children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border.
ZEP 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as
Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant
of my people shall possess them.
ZEP 2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have
reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of
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