1. Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.
2. "There is praise for Moab no longer; In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her: 'Come and let us cut her off from being a nation!' You too, Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow after you.
3. "The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!'
4. "Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.
5. "For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.
6. "Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
7. "For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes.
8. "A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed, As the Lord has said.
9. "Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them.