[1] A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. [2] Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short. [3] In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping. [4] Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble. [5] My heart cries out over Moab, whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; they go up the Ascent of Luhith weeping; they raise a cry of destruction on the road to Horonaim. [6] The Waters of Nimrim are desolate; the grass is withered, the foliage is gone, and the vegetation has vanished. [7] So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Wadi of the Willows. [8] For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim. [9] The Waters of Dibon are full of blood, but I will bring on Dibon even more than this- a lion for those who escape from Moab, and for the survivors in the land.
