3 The people of Horonaim cry out,‘Violence! Destruction!’
4 “Moab has been destroyed;listen to the children crying.
5 Hear the sound of their sobsalong the road up to Luhith,the cries of distresson the way down to Horonaim.
6 ‘Quick, run for your lives!’ they say.‘Run like a wild desert donkey!’
7 “Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth,but now even you will be conquered;your god Chemosh will go into exile,along with his princes and priests.
8 Not a town will escape the destruction;both valley and plain will be ruined.I, the Lord, have spoken.
9 Set up a tombstone for Moab;it will soon be destroyed.Its towns will be left in ruins,and no one will live there again.”