27. Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn.
28. "Leave the cities and dwell among the crags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a dove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm.
29. "We have heard of the pride of Moab-he is very proud- Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation.
30. "I know his fury," declares the Lord, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.
31. "Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.