6. Flee, save your lives: and be as heath in the wilderness.
7. For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.
8. And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: and the valleys shall perish, and the plains shall be destroyed, for the Lord hath spoken:
9. Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.
10. Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.
11. Moab hath been fruitful from his youth, and hath rested upon his lees: and hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel, nor hath gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
12. Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send him men that shall order and overturn his bottles, and they shall cast him down, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles one against another.
13. And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted.
14. How do you say: We are valiant, and stout men in battle?
15. Moab is laid waste, and they have cast down her cities: and her choice young men are gone down to the slaughter: saith the king, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16. The destruction of Moab is near to come: the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly.
17. Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?
18. Come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst, O dwelling of the daughter of Dibon: because the spoiler of Moab is come up to thee, he hath destroyed thy bulwarks.
19. Stand in the way, and look out, O habitation of Aroer: inquire of him that fleeth: and say to him that hath escaped: What Is done?