^{1 Ref} Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.

^{2 Ref} The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you.

^{3 Ref} There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;

^{4 Ref} Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.

^{5 Ref} For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.

^{6 Ref} Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.

^{7 Ref} For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.

^{8 Ref} And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said.

^{9 Ref} Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

^{10 Ref} Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

^{11 Ref} From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

^{12 Ref} So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.

^{13 Ref} And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

^{14 Ref} How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

^{15 Ref} He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

^{16 Ref} The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.

^{17 Ref} All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

^{18 Ref} Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.

^{19 Ref} O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?

^{20 Ref} Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

^{21 Ref} And punishment has come on the lowlands; on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

^{22 Ref} And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,

^{23 Ref} And on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,

^{24 Ref} And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.

^{25 Ref} The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

^{26 Ref} Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

^{27 Ref} For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

^{28 Ref} O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

^{29 Ref} We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.

^{30 Ref} I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.

^{31 Ref} For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.

^{32 Ref} My weeping for you, O vine of Sibmah, will be more than the weeping of Jazer: your branches have gone over the sea, stretching even to Jazer: destruction has come down on your summer fruits and your cut grapes.

^{33 Ref} All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.

^{34 Ref} The cry of Heshbon comes even to Elealeh; to Jahaz their voice is sounding; from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim will become dry.

^{35 Ref} And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.

^{36 Ref} So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.

^{37 Ref} For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.

^{38 Ref} On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.

^{39 Ref} How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.

^{40 Ref} For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.

^{41 Ref} Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

^{42 Ref} And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.

^{43 Ref} Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

^{44 Ref} He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

^{45 Ref} Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

^{46 Ref} Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.

^{47 Ref} But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.

^{1 Ref} Concerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.

^{2 Ref} There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from `being' a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword.

^{3 Ref} A voice of a cry `is' from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.

^{4 Ref} Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.

^{5 Ref} For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard.

^{6 Ref} Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.

^{7 Ref} For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.

^{8 Ref} And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said.

^{9 Ref} Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

^{10 Ref} Cursed `is' he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed `is' he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

^{11 Ref} Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest `is' he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.

^{12 Ref} Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.

^{13 Ref} And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.

^{14 Ref} How do ye say, We `are' mighty, And men of strength for battle?

^{15 Ref} Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.

^{16 Ref} Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.

^{17 Ref} Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

^{18 Ref} Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.

^{19 Ref} On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?

^{20 Ref} Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,

^{21 Ref} And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

^{22 Ref} And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,

^{23 Ref} And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,

^{24 Ref} And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.

^{25 Ref} Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.

^{26 Ref} Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.

^{27 Ref} And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.

^{28 Ref} Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.

^{29 Ref} We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,

^{30 Ref} I -- I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and `it is' not right, His devices -- not right they have done.

^{31 Ref} Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,

^{32 Ref} With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.

^{33 Ref} And removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting `is' no shouting!

^{34 Ref} Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third `year', For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

^{35 Ref} And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.

^{36 Ref} Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

^{37 Ref} For every head `is' bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.

^{38 Ref} On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- `is' lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

^{39 Ref} How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.

^{40 Ref} For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

^{41 Ref} Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

^{42 Ref} And Moab hath been destroyed from `being' a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.

^{43 Ref} Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `are' for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

^{44 Ref} Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

^{45 Ref} In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.

^{46 Ref} Wo to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.

^{47 Ref} And I have turned back `to' the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto `is' the judgment of Moab.

^{1 Ref} Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

^{2 Ref} The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.

^{3 Ref} The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

^{4 Ref} Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

^{5 Ref} For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

^{6 Ref} Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

^{7 Ref} For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

^{8 Ref} The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.

^{9 Ref} Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

^{10 Ref} Cursed be he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

^{11 Ref} Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

^{12 Ref} Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

^{13 Ref} Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

^{14 Ref} How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

^{15 Ref} Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.

^{16 Ref} The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.

^{17 Ref} All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

^{18 Ref} You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.

^{19 Ref} Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?

^{20 Ref} Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

^{21 Ref} Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

^{22 Ref} and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,

^{23 Ref} and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon,

^{24 Ref} and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

^{25 Ref} The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.

^{26 Ref} Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

^{27 Ref} For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.

^{28 Ref} You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

^{29 Ref} We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

^{30 Ref} I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.

^{31 Ref} Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn.

^{32 Ref} With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.

^{33 Ref} Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.

^{34 Ref} From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

^{35 Ref} Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.

^{36 Ref} Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

^{37 Ref} For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.

^{38 Ref} On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.

^{39 Ref} How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are round about him.

^{40 Ref} For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

^{41 Ref} Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

^{42 Ref} Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.

^{43 Ref} Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.

^{44 Ref} He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.

^{45 Ref} Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

^{46 Ref} Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.

^{47 Ref} Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.