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.
9 Put salt on Moab,for she will be laid waste;her towns will become desolate,with no one to live in them.
10 ‘A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!
11 ‘Moab has been at rest from youth,like wine left on its dregs,not poured from one jar to another –she has not gone into exile.So she tastes as she did,and her aroma is unchanged.
12 But days are coming,’declares the Lord,‘when I will send men who pour from pitchers,and they will pour her out;they will empty her pitchersand smash her jars.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,as Israel was ashamedwhen they trusted in Bethel.
14 ‘How can you say, “We are warriors,men valiant in battle”?