17 All you who are around him, bemoan him,and all you who know his name; say,‘How the strong staff is broken,the beautiful rod!’
18 “You daughter who dwells in Dibon,come down from your glory,and sit in thirst;for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you.He has destroyed your strongholds.
19 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch.Ask him who flees, and her who escapes;say, ‘What has been done?’
20 Moab is disappointed;for it is broken down.Wail and cry!Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
21 Judgment has come on the plain country,on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
22 on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim,
23 on Kiriathaim, on Beth Gamul, on Beth Meon,