How to pronounce “taunt”(noun) in English

country a lot of unflattering things about Moab said before the exile Zephaniah the aforementioned monologistprophet says I've heard the taunts of a Moab and therefore Moab shall become like like Sodom he probably has Godsaying that actually but post-exilic you have this whole book of Ruth devoted to bringing the Moabites into the family