31. Therefore, I will wail over Moab.I will cry out for Moab, all of it;he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32. I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,with more than the weeping for Jazer.Your tendrils have extended to the sea;they have reached to the sea and to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33. Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile fieldand from the land of Moab.I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;no one will tread with shouts of joy.The shouting is not a shout of joy.
34. “There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz — from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah — because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.
35. In Moab, I will stop” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.
36. Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished.
37. Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
38. On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
39. “How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”
40. For this is what the Lord says:He will swoop down like an eagleand spread his wings against Moab.
41. The towns have been captured,and the strongholds seized.In that day the heart of Moab’s warriorswill be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
42. Moab will be destroyed as a peoplebecause he has exalted himself against the Lord.
43. Panic, pit, and trapawait you, resident of Moab.This is the Lord’s declaration.