⁹ Put salt^(A) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste^[a];^(B)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

²⁸ Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(A) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(B)

² Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(A)
so are the women of Moab^(B)
    at the fords^(C) of the Arnon.^(D)

¹⁹ Pack your belongings for exile,^(A)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis^(B) will be laid waste^(C)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.