⁵ My heart cries out^(A) over Moab;^(B)
    her fugitives^(C) flee as far as Zoar,^(D)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(E)
    they lament their destruction.^(F)

⁵ They go up the hill to Luhith,^(A)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim^(B)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.

²⁰ Disaster follows disaster;^(A)
    the whole land lies in ruins.^(B)
In an instant my tents^(C) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.

³¹ Therefore I wail^(A) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(B)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer^(C) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.^(D)
Your branches spread as far as the sea^[a];
    they reached as far as^[b] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.
³³ Joy and gladness are gone
    from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine^(E) from the presses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy.^(F)
Although there are shouts,
    they are not shouts of joy.

³⁴ “The sound of their cry rises
    from Heshbon^(G) to Elealeh^(H) and Jahaz,^(I)
from Zoar^(J) as far as Horonaim^(K) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
    for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.^(L)
35 In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places^(M)
    and burn incense^(N) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
³⁶ “So my heart laments^(O) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(P)
    The wealth they acquired^(Q) is gone.

¹⁶ I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips^(A) is open before you.

¹⁸ Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.^(A)
19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    ‘How ruined^(B) we are!
    How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

¹⁰ I will weep and wail for the mountains
    and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.^(A)
They are desolate and untraveled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds^(B) have all fled
    and the animals are gone.