13. And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
14. "How can you say, 'We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle'?
15. "Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities; His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter," Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16. "The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his calamity has swiftly hastened.
17. "Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter been broken, A staff of splendor!'
18. "Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds.
19. "Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant of Aroer; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has happened?'
20. "Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed.