28. O you who dwell in Moab,leave the cities and dwell in the rock,and be like the dove that makes her nestin the sides of the hole’s mouth.
29. We have heard of the pride of Moab(he is very proud),of his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride,and the haughtiness of his heart.
30. I know his wrath,says the Lord,but it is futile. His lies have accomplished nothing.
31. Therefore I will howl for Moab,and I will cry out for all Moab.My heart shall mourn for the men of Kir Hareseth.
32. O vine of Sibmah,I will weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer.Your plants have stretched over the sea,they reach even to the sea of Jazer.The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruitsand upon your vintage.
33. Joy and gladness are taken awayfrom the plentiful field, even from the land of Moab,and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses;no one will tread with shouting.Their shouting will not be shouts of joy.
34. From the outcry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, and even to Jahaz,they have uttered their voice,from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath Shelishiyah;for also the waters of Nimrim shall become desolate.
35. Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,says the Lord,him who offers sacrifice in the high placeand him who burns incense to his gods.
36. Therefore My heart will wail for Moab like pipes,and My heart will wail like pipes for the men of Kir Hareseth,because the riches that they have gotten have perished.
37. For every head will be baldand every beard clipped;upon all the hands will be gashes,and upon the loins sackcloth.
38. There will be lamentation everywhereupon all the housetops of Moaband in the streets,for I have broken Moablike a vessel in which is no pleasure,says the Lord.
39. How it is broken down! How they have wailed!How Moab has turned his back with shame!So Moab will be a derisionand a terror to all around him.
40. For thus says the Lord: Look, one will fly as an eagleand spread his wings against Moab.
41. Kerioth has been captured,and the strongholds have been seized,and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab in that daywill be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42. Moab will be destroyed from being a peoplebecause he has magnified himself against the Lord.
43. Fear and the pit and the snare will be upon you,O inhabitant of Moab,says the Lord.
44. He who flees from the terrorshall fall into the pit,and he who gets up out of the pitwill be taken in the snare;for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab,the year of their punishment,says the Lord.
45. The fugitives stand without strengthunder the shadow of Heshbon;for a fire will come out of Heshbonand a flame from the midst of Sihon,and will devour the forehead of Moaband the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46. Woe to you, O Moab!The people of Chemosh have perished;for your sons have been taken away captiveand your daughters into captivity.