“Woe to Nebo,^(C) for it will be ruined.
    Kiriathaim^(D) will be disgraced and captured;
    the stronghold^[a] will be disgraced and shattered.
² Moab will be praised^(E) no more;
    in Heshbon^[b](F) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(G)
You, the people of Madmen,^[c] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.
³ Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,^(H)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
⁴ Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.^[d]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,^(I)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim^(J)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
⁶ Flee!^(K) Run for your lives;
    become like a bush^[e] in the desert.^(L)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,^(M)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh^(N) will go into exile,^(O)
    together with his priests and officials.^(P)
8 The destroyer^(Q) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau^(R) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
⁹ Put salt^(S) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste^[f];^(T)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

¹⁰ “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
    A curse on anyone who keeps their sword^(U) from bloodshed!^(V)

¹¹ “Moab has been at rest^(W) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,^(X)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.
¹² But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.
¹³ Then Moab will be ashamed^(Y) of Chemosh,^(Z)
    as Israel was ashamed
    when they trusted in Bethel.^(AA)

¹⁴ “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,^(AB)
    men valiant in battle’?
¹⁵ Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men^(AC) will go down in the slaughter,^(AD)”
    declares the King,^(AE) whose name is the Lord Almighty.^(AF)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;^(AG)
    her calamity will come quickly.
¹⁷ Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;^(AH)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,^(AI)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

¹⁸ “Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(AJ)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(AK)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(AL)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.^(AM)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰ Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail^(AN) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon^(AO)
    that Moab is destroyed.
²¹ Judgment has come to the plateau^(AP)—
    to Holon,^(AQ) Jahzah^(AR) and Mephaath,^(AS)
22     to Dibon,^(AT) Nebo^(AU) and Beth Diblathaim,
²³     to Kiriathaim,^(AV) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,^(AW)
24     to Kerioth^(AX) and Bozrah^(AY)—
    to all the towns^(AZ) of Moab, far and near.
²⁵ Moab’s horn^[g](BA) is cut off;
    her arm^(BB) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

²⁶ “Make her drunk,^(BC)
    for she has defied^(BD) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(BE)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(BF)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(BG)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(BH)
that you shake your head^(BI) in scorn^(BJ)
    whenever you speak of her?
²⁸ Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(BK) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(BL)

²⁹ “We have heard of Moab’s pride^(BM)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness^(BN) of her heart.
³⁰ I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts^(BO) accomplish nothing.
³¹ Therefore I wail^(BP) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(BQ)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer^(BR) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.^(BS)
Your branches spread as far as the sea^[h];
    they reached as far as^[i] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.
³³ Joy and gladness are gone
    from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine^(BT) from the presses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy.^(BU)
Although there are shouts,
    they are not shouts of joy.

³⁴ “The sound of their cry rises
    from Heshbon^(BV) to Elealeh^(BW) and Jahaz,^(BX)
from Zoar^(BY) as far as Horonaim^(BZ) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
    for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.^(CA)
35 In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places^(CB)
    and burn incense^(CC) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
³⁶ “So my heart laments^(CD) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(CE)
    The wealth they acquired^(CF) is gone.
³⁷ Every head is shaved^(CG)
    and every beard^(CH) cut off;
every hand is slashed
    and every waist is covered with sackcloth.^(CI)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
    and in the public squares^(CJ)
there is nothing but mourning,
    for I have broken Moab
    like a jar^(CK) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
³⁹ “How shattered^(CL) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,^(CM)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

“Look! An eagle is swooping^(CN) down,
    spreading its wings^(CO) over Moab.
⁴¹ Kerioth^[j](CP) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors^(CQ)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(CR)
42 Moab will be destroyed^(CS) as a nation^(CT)
    because she defied^(CU) the Lord.
⁴³ Terror^(CV) and pit and snare^(CW) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴ “Whoever flees^(CX) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year^(CY) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵ “In the shadow of Heshbon
    the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the midst of Sihon;^(CZ)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
    the skulls^(DA) of the noisy boasters.
⁴⁶ Woe to you, Moab!^(DB)
    The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
    and your daughters into captivity.

⁴⁷ “Yet I will restore^(DC) the fortunes of Moab
    in days to come,”
declares the Lord.

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(C)
    and my life draws near to death.^(D)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(E)
    I am like one without strength.^(F)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(G) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(H)
7 Your wrath^(I) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[d](J)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(K)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(L) and cannot escape;^(M)
9     my eyes^(N) are dim with grief.

I call^(O) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(P) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(Q)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(R) in Destruction^[e]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(S) Lord;
    in the morning^(T) my prayer comes before you.^(U)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(V) me
    and hide your face^(W) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(X) I have suffered^(Y) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(Z) and am in despair.^(AA)
16 Your wrath^(AB) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AC) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AD)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AE) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

A wise son brings joy to his father,^(C)
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

² Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,^(D)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(E)

³ The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,^(F)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.^(G)

⁴ Lazy hands make for poverty,^(H)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.^(I)

⁵ He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.^(J)

⁶ Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
    but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.^[a](K)

⁷ The name of the righteous^(L) is used in blessings,^[b]
    but the name of the wicked^(M) will rot.^(N)

⁸ The wise in heart accept commands,
    but a chattering fool comes to ruin.^(O)

⁹ Whoever walks in integrity^(P) walks securely,^(Q)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.^(R)

¹⁰ Whoever winks maliciously^(S) causes grief,
    and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,^(T)
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.^(U)

¹² Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.^(V)

¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,^(W)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.^(X)

¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(Y)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(Z)

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(AA)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(AB)

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,^(AC)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(AD)

¹⁷ Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(AE)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

¹⁸ Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips^(AF)
    and spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁹ Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.^(AG)

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.^(AH)

²² The blessing of the Lord^(AI) brings wealth,^(AJ)
    without painful toil for it.^(AK)

²³ A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,^(AL)
    but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴ What the wicked dread^(AM) will overtake them;^(AN)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.^(AO)

²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm^(AP) forever.^(AQ)

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and smoke^(AR) to the eyes,
    so are sluggards to those who send them.^(AS)

²⁷ The fear of the Lord adds length to life,^(AT)
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.^(AU)

²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(AV)

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.^(AW)

³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.^(AX)

³¹ From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(AY)
    but a perverse tongue^(AZ) will be silenced.

³² The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,^(BA)
    but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.^(BB)

⁶ Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(J)
    did not consider equality with God^(K) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing^(L)
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(M)
    being made in human likeness.^(N)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death^(O)—
        even death on a cross!^(P)

⁹ Therefore God exalted him^(Q) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,^(R)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,^(S)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^(T)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,^(U)
    to the glory of God the Father.