^5 (A)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;^[a]
for ^(B)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry^[b] of destruction.

⁵ My heart cries out for Moab;
    her fugitives flee to Zoar,
    to ^(A)Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ^(B)ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;
on the road to ^(C)Horonaim
    they raise a cry of destruction;