1Concerning Moab, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Woe unto Nebo: for it is wasted: Kirjathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and afraid.
2Moab shall boast no more of Heshbon: for they have devised evil against it. Come, and let us destroy it, that it be no more a nation: also thou shalt be destroyed, O Madmen, and the sword shall pursue thee.
3A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim with desolation and great destruction.
4Moab is destroyed: her little ones have caused their cry to be heard.
5For at the going up of Luhith, the mourner shall go up with weeping: for in the going down of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
6Flee and save your lives, and be like unto the heath in the wilderness.
7For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his Priests and his Princes together.
8And the destroyer shall come upon all cities, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish and the plain shall be destroyed as the Lord hath spoken.
9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
11Moab hath been at rest from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been poured from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
12Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him such as shall carry him away, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
14How think you thus, We are mighty and strong men of war?
15Moab is destroyed, and his cities burnt up, and his chosen young men are gone down to slaughter, saith the King, whose name is, The Lord of hosts.
16The destruction of Moab is ready to come, and his plague hasteth fast.
17All ye that are about him, mourn for him, and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst: for the destroyer of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strongholds.
19Thou that dwellest in Aroer, stand by the way, and behold ask him that fleeth and that escapeth, and say, What is done?
20Moab is confounded: for it is destroyed, howl and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is made waste,
21And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
22And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Diblathaim,
23And upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth Gamul, and upon Beth Meon,
24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab far or near.
25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
27For didst not thou deride Israel, as though he had been found among thieves? for when thou speakest of him, thou art moved.
28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
29We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceeding proud) his stoutness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30I know his wrath, saith the Lord, but it shall not be so: and his dissimulations, for they do not right.
31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
32O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee, as I wept for Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they are come to the sea of Jazer: the destroyer is fallen upon thy summer fruits, and upon thy vintage,
33And joy, and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab: and I have caused wine to fail from the winepress: none shall tread with shouting: their shouting shall be no shouting.
34From the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh and unto Jahaz have they made their noise: from Zoar unto Horonaim, the heifer of three years old shall go lowing: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be wasted.
35Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like a shawm, and mine heart shall sound like a shawm for the men of Kir Heres, because the riches that he hath gotten is perished.
37For every head shall be bald, and every beard plucked: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
38And mourning shall be upon all the house tops of Moab, and in all the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
39They shall howl, saying, How is he destroyed? how hath Moab turned the back with shame? so shall Moab be a derision, and a fear to all them about him.
40For thus saith the Lord, Behold, he shall flee as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
41The cities are taken, and the strongholds are won, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in travail.
42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath set up himself against the Lord:
43Fear, and pit, and snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
44He that escapeth from the fear, shall fall in the pit, and he that getteth up out of the pit, shall be taken [in] the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
45They that fled, stood under the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force: for the fire came out of Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon, and devoured the corner of Moab, and the top of the seditious children.
46Woe be unto thee, O Moab: the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters led into captivity.
47Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far of the judgment of Moab.