19. Stand by the roads and watch,you inhabitants of Aroer.Ask the men who fleeand the women who run off,"What’s happened?"
20. Moab is shamed and shocked;weep and wail!Tell it by the Arnon River:Moab’s been destroyed!
21. Judgment has come to the towns of the plateau—to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22. to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23. to Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24. to Kerioth and Bozrah,to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25. Moab’s horn is cut off;its arm is broken,declares the Lord.
26. Get Moab drunk,because it has exalted itself above the Lord.Moab will collapse in its vomitand become the butt of every joke.
27. Wasn’t Israel the butt of your jokes?Didn’t you shake your headas if they were thievescaught in the act?
28. Leave your towns, head for the cliffs,you people of Moab.Hide like a dovethat nests in the mouth of a cave.
29. We have heard of Moab’s pride:arrogant, puffed up, exalted,high and mighty, boastful!
30. I myself know about its arrogance,declares the Lord, the idle talk, the empty deeds.
31. But I’ll still wail for Moab;I’ll cry out for all Moab;I’ll sob for the people of Kir-heres.