⁵ My heart cries out for Moab;
    his fugitives flee to Zoar,
    to Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;
on the road to Horonaim
    they raise a cry of destruction;^(A)

⁵ For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go^[a] up weeping bitterly;
for at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.^(A)

²⁰ Disaster overtakes disaster;
    the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
    my curtains in a moment.^(A)

³¹ Therefore I wail for Moab;
    I cry out for all Moab;
    for the people of Kir-heres I mourn.^(A)
32 More than for Jazer I weep for you,
    O vine of Sibmah!
Your branches crossed over the sea,
    reached as far as Jazer;^[a]
upon your summer fruits and your vintage
    the destroyer has fallen.^(B)
33 Gladness and joy have been taken away
    from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have stopped the wine from the winepresses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy;
    the shouting is not the shout of joy.^(C)

¹⁶ But I have not run away from being a shepherd^[a] in your service,
    nor have I desired the fatal day.
You know what came from my lips;
    it was before your face.

¹⁷ But if you will not listen,
    my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears
    because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.^(A)

¹⁸ let them quickly raise a dirge over us,
    so that our eyes may run down with tears
    and our eyelids flow with water.^(A)
19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    “How we are ruined!
    We are utterly shamed
because we have left the land,
    because they have cast down our dwellings.”^(B)