3 Moab's messengers sayto the people of Judah,“Be kind and help us!Shade us from the heatof the noonday sun.Hide our refugees!Don't turn them away.
4 Let our people livein your countryand find safety here.”Moab, your cruel enemieswill disappear;they will no longer attackand destroy your land.
5 Then a kingdom of lovewill be set up,and someone from David's familywill rule with fairness.He will do what is rightand quickly bring justice.
6 We have heard of Moab's pride.Its people strut and boast,but without reason.
7 Tell everyone in Moabto mourn for their nation.Tell them to cry and weepfor those fine raisinsof Kir-Hareseth.
8 Vineyards near Heshbonand Sibmahhave turned brown.The rulers of nationsused to get drunkon wine from those vineyardsthat spread to Jazer,then across the desertand beyond the sea.
9 Now I mourn like Jazerfor the vineyardsof Sibmah.I shed tears for Heshbonand for Elealeh.There will be no moreharvest celebrations