³¹ They will shave their heads^(A) because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep^(B) over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.^(C)

¹⁸ They will put on sackcloth^(A)
    and be clothed with terror.^(B)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.^(C)

¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)

⁹ So I weep,^(A) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(B)
    I drench you with tears!^(C)
The shouts of joy^(D) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(E) have been stilled.

² Dibon^(A) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(B) to weep;
    Moab wails^(C) over Nebo^(D) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(E)
    and every beard cut off.^(F)

⁴ Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep^(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”^(B)

¹⁰ I will turn your religious festivals^(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.^(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth^(C)
    and shave^(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son^(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.^(F)