4 People in the cities Heshbon and Elealeh cry out loud.You can hear their voices far away in the city Jahaz.Even the soldiers are frightened;they are shaking with fear.
5 My heart cries with sorrow for Moab.Its people run away to Zoar for safety;they run to Eglath Shelishiyah.People are going up the mountain road to Luhith,crying as they go.People are going on the road to Horonaim,crying over their destruction.
6 But the water of Nimrim has dried up.The grass has dried up,and all the plants are dead;nothing green is left.
7 So the people gather up what they have savedand carry it across the Ravine of the Poplars.
8 Crying is heard everywhere in Moab.Their crying is heard as far away as the city Eglaim;it is heard as far away as Beer Elim.
9 The water of the city Dibon is full of blood,and I, the Lord, will bring even more troubles to Dibon.A few people living in Moab have escaped the enemy,but I will send lions to kill them.