2 Moab will be praised no more;in Heshbon people will plot her downfall:“Come, let us put an end to that nation.”You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced;the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;her little ones will cry out.
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,weeping bitterly as they go;on the road down to Horonaimanguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee! Run for your lives;become like a bush in the desert.
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,you too will be taken captive,and Chemosh will go into exile,together with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will come against every town,and not a town will escape.The valley will be ruinedand the plateau destroyed,because the Lord has spoken.