⁶ We have heard of Moab’s^(A) pride^(B)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.

“For three sins of Moab,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes^(B)
    the bones of Edom’s king,

³ The pride^(A) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks^[a](B)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’^(C)
4 Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest^(D) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”^(E)
declares the Lord.^(F)

²⁹ “We have heard of Moab’s pride^(A)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness^(B) of her heart.
³⁰ I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts^(C) accomplish nothing.

¹⁰ This is what they will get in return for their pride,^(L)
    for insulting^(M) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.^(N)

⁴² Moab will be destroyed^(A) as a nation^(B)
    because she defied^(C) the Lord.

²⁶ “Make her drunk,^(A)
    for she has defied^(B) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(C)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(D)

³⁶ A sword against her false prophets!
    They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!^(A)
    They will be filled with terror.^(B)

²⁵ who foils^(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,^(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise^(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,^(D)