2 The women of Moabtry to cross the river Arnonlike little birdsthat have fallen from their nest.
3 They say: “Help us.Tell us what to do.Protect us from our enemiesas shade protects us from the noon sun.Hide us, because we are running for safety!Don’t give us to our enemies.
4 Let those of us who were forced out of Moab live in your land.Hide us from our enemies.”The robbing of Moab will stop.The enemy will be defeated;those who hurt others will disappear from the land.
5 Then a new loyal king will come;this faithful king will be from the family of David.He will judge fairlyand do what is right.
6 We have heard that the people of Moab are proudand very conceited.They are very proud and angry,but their bragging means nothing.
7 So the people of Moab will cry;they will all be sad.They will moan and groanfor the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.
8 But the fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah cannot grow grapes;foreign rulers have destroyed the grapevines.The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert;they had spread as far as the sea.