Jeremiah 48:18-28

New International Version

¹⁸“Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(A)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(B)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(C)
¹⁹Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.^(D)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail^(E) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon^(F)
    that Moab is destroyed.
²¹Judgment has come to the plateau^(G)—
    to Holon,^(H) Jahzah^(I) and Mephaath,^(J)
²²    to Dibon,^(K) Nebo^(L) and Beth Diblathaim,
²³    to Kiriathaim,^(M) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,^(N)
²⁴    to Kerioth^(O) and Bozrah^(P)—
    to all the towns^(Q) of Moab, far and near.
²⁵Moab’s horn^[a]^(R) is cut off;
    her arm^(S) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

²⁶“Make her drunk,^(T)
    for she has defied^(U) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(V)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(W)
²⁷Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(X)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(Y)
that you shake your head^(Z) in scorn^(AA)
    whenever you speak of her?
²⁸Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(AB) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(AC)