Ar in Moab is devastated,^(B)
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.

Look, Damascus is no longer a city.
It has become a ruined heap.

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud^(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him,^(D)
and Egypt will lose heart.^(E)

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

One calls to me from Seir,^(C)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

In the desert^[a] brush
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.^(B)

What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?^(C)

Wail, ships of Tarshish,^(C)
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.^[a](D)