Judgment on Moab

1 The oracle concerning Moab.
Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated {and} ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated {and} ruined. 2
They have gone up to the temple and {to} Dibon, {even} to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald {and} every beard is cut off. 3
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;
On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears. 4
Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him. 5
My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as Zoar {and} Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;
Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over {their} ruin. 6
For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,
There is no green thing. 7
Therefore the abundance {which} they have acquired and stored up
They carry off over the brook of Arabim. 8
For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wail {goes} as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim. 9
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;
Surely I will bring added {woes} upon Dimon,
A lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.