1 This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;it will soon lie in ruins.The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.
2 No one will ever brag about Moab again,for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her.‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced;the sword will follow you there.
3 Listen to the cries from Horonaim,cries of devastation and great destruction.
4 All Moab is destroyed.Her little ones will cry out.
5 Her refugees weep bitterly,climbing the slope to Luhith.They cry out in terror,descending the slope to Horonaim.
6 Flee for your lives!Hide in the wilderness!
7 Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill,you will be taken captive.Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,will be hauled off to distant lands!