9 Set up a tombstone for Moab;it will soon become a complete wasteland,Its cities turned into ruinswhere no one dwells.
10 Cursed are they who do the Lord’s work carelessly,cursed those who keep their sword from shedding blood.
11 Moab has been resting from its youth,suspended above its dregs,Never poured from flask to flask,never driven into exile.Thus it retained its flavor,its bouquet is not lost.
12 Be assured! The days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will send him wine-makers to decant the wine; they shall empty its flasks and smash its jars.
13 Chemosh shall disappoint Moab, just as the house of Israel was disappointed by Bethel, in which they trusted.
14 How can you say, “We are heroes,mighty warriors”?
15 The one who ravages Moab and its cities comes up,the best of its youth go down to slaughter—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.