12. But days are coming,’declares the Lord,‘when I will send men who pour from pitchers,and they will pour her out;they will empty her pitchersand smash her jars.
13. Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,as Israel was ashamedwhen they trusted in Bethel.
14. ‘How can you say, “We are warriors,men valiant in battle”?
15. Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,’declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
16. ‘The fall of Moab is at hand;her calamity will come quickly.
17. Mourn for her, all who live around her,all who know her fame;say, “How broken is the mighty sceptre,how broken the glorious staff !”
18. ‘Come down from your gloryand sit on the parched ground,you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,for the one who destroys Moabwill come up against youand ruin your fortified cities.