⁵ For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go^[a] up weeping bitterly;
for at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.^(A)

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