²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(D)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(E)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(F)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy^(G) will lie down in safety.^(H)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(I)
    it will slay^(J) your survivors.^(K)

³¹ Wail,^(L) you gate!^(M) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!^(N)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(O)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(P)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(Q) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(R)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(S)”

Ar^(W) in Moab is ruined,^(X)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir^(Y) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
² Dibon^(Z) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(AA) to weep;
    Moab wails^(AB) over Nebo^(AC) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(AD)
    and every beard cut off.^(AE)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(AF)
    on the roofs^(AG) and in the public squares^(AH)
they all wail,^(AI)
    prostrate with weeping.^(AJ)
4 Heshbon^(AK) and Elealeh^(AL) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(AM)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵ My heart cries out^(AN) over Moab;^(AO)
    her fugitives^(AP) flee as far as Zoar,^(AQ)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(AR)
    they lament their destruction.^(AS)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up^(AT)
    and the grass is withered;^(AU)
the vegetation is gone^(AV)
    and nothing green is left.^(AW)
7 So the wealth they have acquired^(AX) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
⁸ Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
    their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
    their lamentation as far as Beer^(AY) Elim.
⁹ The waters of Dimon^[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon^[b]—
a lion^(AZ) upon the fugitives of Moab^(BA)
    and upon those who remain in the land.

16 Send lambs^(BB) as tribute^(BC)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,^(BD) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.^(BE)
2 Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(BF)
so are the women of Moab^(BG)
    at the fords^(BH) of the Arnon.^(BI)

³ “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(BJ)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴ Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(BK) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor^(BL) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;^(BM)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
⁵ In love a throne^(BN) will be established;^(BO)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house^[c] of David^(BP)—
one who in judging seeks justice^(BQ)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

⁶ We have heard of Moab’s^(BR) pride^(BS)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
⁷ Therefore the Moabites wail,^(BT)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes^(BU) of Kir Hareseth.^(BV)
8 The fields of Heshbon^(BW) wither,^(BX)
    the vines of Sibmah^(BY) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,^(BZ)
which once reached Jazer^(CA)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out^(CB)
    and went as far as the sea.^[d](CC)
9 So I weep,^(CD) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(CE)
    I drench you with tears!^(CF)
The shouts of joy^(CG) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(CH) have been stilled.
¹⁰ Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;^(CI)
    no one sings or shouts^(CJ) in the vineyards;
no one treads^(CK) out wine at the presses,^(CL)
    for I have put an end to the shouting.
¹¹ My heart laments for Moab^(CM) like a harp,^(CN)
    my inmost being^(CO) for Kir Hareseth.
¹² When Moab appears at her high place,^(CP)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine^(CQ) to pray,
    it is to no avail.^(CR)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.^(CZ)
2 The cities of Aroer^(DA) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,^(DB) which will lie down,^(DC)
    with no one to make them afraid.^(DD)
3 The fortified^(DE) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory^(DF) of the Israelites,”^(DG)
declares the Lord Almighty.

⁴ “In that day^(DH) the glory^(DI) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste^(DJ) away.
⁵ It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering^(DK) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain^(DL)
    in the Valley of Rephaim.^(DM)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,^(DN)
    as when an olive tree is beaten,^(DO)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁷ In that day^(DP) people will look^(DQ) to their Maker^(DR)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One^(DS) of Israel.
⁸ They will not look to the altars,^(DT)
    the work of their hands,^(DU)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles^[e](DV)
    and the incense altars their fingers^(DW) have made.

¹⁰ You have forgotten^(DY) God your Savior;^(DZ)
    you have not remembered the Rock,^(EA) your fortress.^(EB)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,^(EC)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(ED) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(EE) will be as nothing^(EF)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(EG) pain.^(EH)

¹² Woe to the many nations that rage^(EI)—
    they rage like the raging sea!^(EJ)
Woe to the peoples who roar^(EK)—
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!^(EL)
13 Although the peoples roar^(EM) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes^(EN) them they flee^(EO) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff^(EP) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.^(EQ)
14 In the evening, sudden^(ER) terror!^(ES)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(ET)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

¹² “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.^(J)
13 To fear the Lord^(K) is to hate evil;^(L)
    I hate^(M) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.
¹⁴ Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
    I have insight, I have power.^(N)
15 By me kings reign
    and rulers^(O) issue decrees that are just;
¹⁶ by me princes govern,^(P)
    and nobles—all who rule on earth.^[b]
17 I love those who love me,^(Q)
    and those who seek me find me.^(R)
18 With me are riches and honor,^(S)
    enduring wealth and prosperity.^(T)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;^(U)
    what I yield surpasses choice silver.^(V)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,^(W)
    along the paths of justice,
²¹ bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.^(X)

²² “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,^[c][d]
    before his deeds of old;
²³ I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
²⁴ When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;^(Y)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,^(Z)
    before the hills, I was given birth,^(AA)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.^(AB)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(AC)
    when he marked out the horizon^(AD) on the face of the deep,
²⁸ when he established the clouds above^(AE)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,^(AF)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary^(AG)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(AH)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(AI)
30     Then I was constantly^[e] at his side.^(AJ)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
³¹ rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.^(AK)

³² “Now then, my children, listen^(AL) to me;
    blessed are^(AM) those who keep my ways.^(AN)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.
³⁴ Blessed are those who listen^(AO) to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.
³⁵ For those who find me^(AP) find life^(AQ)
    and receive favor from the Lord.^(AR)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;^(AS)
    all who hate me love death.”^(AT)