4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out;their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz!The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror.They will be helpless with fear.
5 My heart weeps for Moab.Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
6 Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up!The grassy banks are scorched.The tender plants are gone;nothing green remains.
7 The people grab their possessionsand carry them across the Ravine of Willows.
8 A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moabfrom one end to the other—from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
9 The stream near Dibon runs red with blood,but I am still not finished with Dibon!Lions will hunt down the survivors—both those who try to escapeand those who remain behind.