1
The burden of Moab: Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
2
He is gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep; Moab shall howl over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets everyone shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4
And Heshbon shall cry and Elealeh; their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz; therefore, the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old; for by the mounting up of Luhith, with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the hay is withered away; the grass faileth; there is no green thing.
7
Therefore, the abundance they have gotten and that which they have laid up shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab, the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
9
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood; for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.