27. Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?Was she caught among thieves,that you shake your head in scornwhenever you speak of her?
28. Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,you who live in Moab.Be like a dove that makes its nestat the mouth of a cave.
29. ‘We have heard of Moab’s pride –how great is her arrogance! –of her insolence, her pride, her conceitand the haughtiness of her heart.
30. I know her insolence but it is futile,’declares the Lord,‘and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31. Therefore I wail over Moab,for all Moab I cry out,I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.