² Moab will be praised^(A) no more;
    in Heshbon^[a](B) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(C)
You, the people of Madmen,^[b] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.

⁸ They said in their hearts, “We will crush^(A) them completely!”
    They burned^(B) every place where God was worshiped in the land.