“Woe to ^(B)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
    ^(C)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^(D)and broken down;
²     the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^(E)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
    ‘Come, let us cut her off ^(F)from being a nation!’
You also, O ^(G)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
    the sword shall pursue you.

³ “A voice! A cry from ^(H)Horonaim,
    ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
⁴ Moab is destroyed;
    her little ones have made a cry.
^5 (I)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;^[a]
for ^(J)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry^[b] of destruction.
⁶ Flee! Save yourselves!
    You will be like ^(K)a juniper in the desert!
⁷ For, ^(L)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and ^(M)Chemosh ^(N)shall go into exile
    with ^(O)his priests and his officials.
^8 (P)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
    and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and ^(Q)the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.

⁹ “Give wings to Moab,
    for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
    with no inhabitant in them.

¹¹ “Moab has been at ease from his youth
    and has ^(T)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
    nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
    and his scent is not changed.

¹⁴ “How do you say, ‘We are heroes
    and mighty men of war’?
¹⁵ The destroyer of ^(X)Moab and his cities has come up,
    and the choicest of his young men have ^(Y)gone down to slaughter,
    declares ^(Z)the King, ^(AA)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
¹⁶ The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
    and his affliction hastens swiftly.
^17 (AB)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ^(AC)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

^18 (AD)“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of ^(AE)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.
^19 (AF)Stand by the way ^(AG)and watch,
    O inhabitant of ^(AH)Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
    say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰ Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
    ^(AI)wail and cry!
Tell it beside ^(AJ)the Arnon,
    that ^(AK)Moab is laid waste.

⁴⁰ For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^(A)one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
    ^(B)and spread his wings against Moab;
^41 (C)the cities shall be taken
    and the strongholds seized.
^(D)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
    like the heart of ^(E)a woman in her birth pains;
⁴² Moab shall be ^(F)destroyed and be no longer a people,
    because ^(G)he magnified himself against the Lord.
^43 (H)Terror, pit, and snare
    are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴ He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
^(I)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵ “In the shadow of Heshbon
    fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
    flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed ^(J)the forehead of Moab,
    the crown of ^(K)the sons of tumult.
^46 (L)Woe to you, O Moab!
    The people of ^(M)Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
    and your daughters into captivity.
^47 (N)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
    in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.