1. Send the king of the landthe payment he demands.Send a lamb from Sela through the desertto the mountain of Jerusalem.
2. The women of Moabtry to cross the river Arnon.They are like little birdsthat have fallen from their nest.
3. They say: “Help us.Tell us what to do.Protect us from our enemiesas shade protects us from the noon sun.Hide us because we are running for safety!Don’t give us to our enemies.
4. Let those of us who were forced out of Moab live in your land.Hide us from our enemies.”The robbing of Moab will stop.The enemy will be defeated.The men who hurt others will disappear from the land.
5. Then a new loyal king will come.This faithful king will be from the family of David.He will judge fairly.He wants to do what is right.
6. We have heard that the people of Moab are proudand very conceited.They are very proud and angry.But their bragging means nothing.
7. So the people of Moab will cry.They will all be sad.They will moan and groanfor the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.
8. But the fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah cannot grow grapes.Foreign rulers have destroyed the grapevines.The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert.They had spread as far as the sea.