16. Moab’s ruin is near at hand,its disaster approaches swiftly.
17. Mourn, all you neighbors,all you who know its name!Say: How the mighty scepter is broken,the glorious staff!
18. Come down from glory, sit on the parched ground,enthroned daughter Dibon;Moab’s destroyer has fallen upon you,has shattered your strongholds.
19. Stand along the road, keep watch,enthroned Aroer;Ask the fleeing man, the escaping woman:ask them what has happened.
20. “Moab is put to shame, destroyed.”Wail and cry out,Proclaim it at the Arnon:“Moab is destroyed!”
21. Judgment has come upon the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,