⁵ May all who hate Zion^(A)
    be turned back in shame.^(B)
6 May they be like grass on the roof,^(C)
    which withers^(D) before it can grow;
⁷ a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,^(E)
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
⁸ May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you^(F) in the name of the Lord.”

²⁶ I will make your oppressors^(A) eat^(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,^(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know^(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(E)
    your Redeemer,^(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(G)”

¹⁶ “‘But all who devour^(A) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.^(B)
Those who plunder^(C) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

²⁶ “Make her drunk,^(A)
    for she has defied^(B) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(C)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(D)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(E)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(F)
that you shake your head^(G) in scorn^(H)
    whenever you speak of her?
²⁸ Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(I) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(J)

²⁹ “We have heard of Moab’s pride^(K)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness^(L) of her heart.
³⁰ I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts^(M) accomplish nothing.