1 The oracle of Moab. Surely in the night Ar of Moab is laid wasteand brought to silence,surely in the night Kir of Moab is laid wasteand brought to silence,
2 he has gone up to the temple and to Dibon,the high places, to weep.Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba;on all their heads shall be baldness,and every beard cut off.
3 In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth;on the tops of their houses and in their streets,everyone shall wail,weeping abundantly.
4 Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz;therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;his life shall be grievous to him.
5 My heart shall cry out for Moab;his fugitives shall flee to Zoar,like a three-year-old heifer.For by the Ascent of Luhiththey shall go up with weeping;for in the way of Horonaimthey shall raise up a cry of destruction,
6 for the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate;surely the grass is withered away;the grass fails,there is no green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up,they shall carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab;its wailing to Eglaim,and its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood;for I will bring more woes on Dimon,lions on the fugitives of Moab,and on the remnant of the land.