⁴³ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁷ We have suffered terror and pitfalls,^(A)
    ruin and destruction.^(B)”

¹⁷ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    people of the earth.^(C)
18 Whoever flees^(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(F)

The floodgates of the heavens^(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(H)

⁶ On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;^(A)
    a scorching wind^(B) will be their lot.

²³ “I will heap calamities^(A) on them
    and spend my arrows^(B) against them.
²⁴ I will send wasting famine^(C) against them,
    consuming pestilence^(D) and deadly plague;^(E)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,^(F)
    the venom of vipers^(G) that glide in the dust.^(H)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror^(I) will reign.^(J)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.^(K)