39. How terrified they are, how they wail! How Moab turns its back in shame! Moab has become a laughingstock and a horror to all its neighbors!
40. For thus says the Lord:Look there! Like an eagle he swoops,spreading his wings over Moab.
41. Cities are captured,strongholds seized:On that day the hearts of Moab’s warriorsbecome like the heart of a woman in labor.
42. Moab shall be wiped out, a people no more,because it set itself over against the Lord.
43. Terror, pit, and trap be upon you,enthroned Moab—oracle of the Lord.
44. Those fleeing the terrorfall into the pit;Those climbing out of the pitare caught in the trap;Ah, yes! I will bring these things upon Moabin the year of their punishment—oracle of the Lord.
45. In Heshbon’s shadow the fugitivesstop short, exhausted;For fire blazes up from Heshbon,and flames up from the house of Sihon:It consumes the forehead of Moab,the scalp of the noisemakers.