⁴ Heshbon^(A) and Elealeh^(B) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(C)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

³⁴ “The sound of their cry rises
    from Heshbon^(A) to Elealeh^(B) and Jahaz,^(C)
from Zoar^(D) as far as Horonaim^(E) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
    for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.^(F)

¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of the womb^(A)
    to see trouble^(B) and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?^(C)

⁸ The fields of Heshbon^(A) wither,^(B)
    the vines of Sibmah^(C) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,^(D)
which once reached Jazer^(E)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out^(F)
    and went as far as the sea.^[a](G)
9 So I weep,^(H) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(I)
    I drench you with tears!^(J)
The shouts of joy^(K) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(L) have been stilled.

¹⁵ so that I prefer strangling and death,^(A)
    rather than this body of mine.^(B)
16 I despise my life;^(C) I would not live forever.^(D)
    Let me alone;^(E) my days have no meaning.^(F)