⁶ They shall be like a shrub in the desert
    and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in an uninhabited salt land.^(A)

¹⁷ They will not look on the rivers,
    the streams flowing with honey and curds.^(A)

⁶ Flee! Save yourselves!
    Be like a wild ass^[a] in the desert!^(A)

⁶ to which I have given the steppe for its home,
    the salt land for its dwelling place?^(A)

³⁰ they will not escape from darkness;
    the flame will dry up their shoots,
    and their blossom^[a] will be swept away by the wind.^(A)
31 Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves,
    for emptiness will be their recompense.^(B)
32 It will be paid in full before their time,
    and their branch will not be green.^(C)
33 They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,
    and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.^(D)
34 For the company of the godless is barren,
    and fire consumes the tents of bribery.^(E)

⁹ Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
Moab shall become like Sodom
    and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.^(A)