38. There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, said the Lord.
39. They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all those about him.
40. For thus hath the Lord said: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.
41. The cities are taken, and the strong holds are taken, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42. And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people because he has magnified himself against the Lord.
43. Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, said the Lord.
44. He that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, said the Lord.