¹¹ 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 And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

¹⁵ And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

² A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.

¹⁰ Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

⁴⁹ Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

⁵⁰ They were full of pride and did what was disgusting to me: and so I took them away as you have seen.

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

²⁹ 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.

⁶ And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

³ The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.

⁶ We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

³² For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

⁴ For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.

⁴ For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

⁵ They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

⁶ For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

⁷ Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

⁸ Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

¹⁹ God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.