“How ^(H)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the ^[c]onslaught has ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers,
^6 (I)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^[d]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(J)break forth into shouts of joy.
⁸ Even the ^(K)juniper trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you have been laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
^9 (L)Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the ^[e]spirits of the dead for you, all the ^[f]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
^10 (M)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have become weak as we,
You have become like us.
¹¹ Your ^(N)pride and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
¹² How you have ^(O)fallen from heaven,
You ^[g](P)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who defeated the nations!
¹³ But you said in your heart,
‘I will ^(Q)ascend to heaven;
I will ^(R)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
^(S)I will make myself like the Most High.’
¹⁵ Nevertheless you ^(T)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you,
They will ^[h]closely examine you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ Who made the world like a ^(U)wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who ^(V)did not ^[i]allow his prisoners to go home?’
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own ^[j]tomb.
¹⁹ But you have been ^(W)hurled out of your tomb
Like ^[k]a rejected branch,
^[l]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the ^(X)pit
Like a ^(Y)trampled corpse.
²⁰ You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the ^(Z)descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.
²¹ Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
Because of the ^(AA)wrongdoing of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth,
And fill the surface of the world with cities.”

²⁹ “Do not rejoice, ^(AN)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that ^(AO)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a ^(AP)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a ^(AQ)winged serpent.
^30 [n]Those who are most ^(AR)helpless will eat,
And the poor will lie down in security;
I will kill your root with ^(AS)famine,
And it will kill your survivors.
³¹ Wail, you ^(AT)gate; cry, you city;
^[o]Melt away, ^(AU)Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes from the ^(AV)north,
And ^(AW)there is no straggler in his ranks.
³² What answer will one give the ^(AX)messengers of the nation?
That ^(AY)the Lord has founded Zion,
And ^(AZ)the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”

Certainly in a night ^(BB)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
^2 [p]The people have gone up to the ^[q]temple and to ^(BC)Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is ^(BD)bald and every beard is cut off.
³ In their streets they have put on ^(BE)sackcloth;
^(BF)On their housetops and in their public squares
Everyone is wailing, ^[r](BG)overcome with weeping.
^4 (BH)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the ^[s]armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
⁵ My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as ^(BI)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ^(BJ)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Indeed, on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ^(BK)over their collapse.
⁶ For the ^(BL)waters of Nimrim are ^[t]desolate.
Indeed, the grass is withered, the new growth has died,
There is ^(BM)no greenery.
⁷ Therefore the ^(BN)abundance which they have acquired and stored up,
They carry it off over the brook of ^[u]Arabim.
⁸ For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its howling to Beer-elim.
⁹ For the waters of Dimon are full of ^[v]blood;
I will certainly bring added woes upon Dimon,
A ^(BO)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and the remnant of the land.

16 ^(BP)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From ^[w](BQ)Sela by way of the wilderness to the ^(BR)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
² Then, like ^(BS)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of ^(BT)Moab will be at the crossing places of the ^(BU)Arnon.
³ “^[x]Give us advice, make a decision;
^[y]Cast your ^(BV)shadow like night ^[z]at high noon;
^(BW)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
⁴ Let the ^[aa]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
^(BX)Oppressors have been removed from the land.
⁵ A ^(BY)throne will be established in faithfulness,
And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of ^(BZ)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice,
And be prompt in righteousness.