“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;^(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;^(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’^(C)

¹⁷ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    people of the earth.^(C)
18 Whoever flees^(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(F)

The floodgates of the heavens^(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(H)

⁴³ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴ “Whoever flees^(C) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year^(D) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(B)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,^(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(D)
    from there I will bring them down.^(E)

²⁴ Though he flees^(A) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.^(B)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors^(C) will come over him;^(D)