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“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’

“Moab is destroyed;
Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar].

“For the Ascent of Luhith
Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping;
For on the descent of Horonaim
They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

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Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(A)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.[a]
They go up the hill to Luhith,(B)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(C)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar