9. Sprinkle salt all over Moab. It will be completely destroyed. Its towns will be a dry and empty desert. No one will live in them.
10. "May a person who is lazy when he does my work be under my curse! May anyone who keeps his sword from killing be under my curse!
11. "Moab has been at peace and rest from its earliest days. It is like wine that has not been shaken up. It has not been poured from one jar to another. Moab 's people have not been taken away from their land. They are like wine that tastes as it always did. Its smell has not changed at all.
12. But other days are coming," announces the Lord. "At that time I will send people who pour wine from jars. They will pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its jars. They will smash its jugs.
13. Then Moab's people will be ashamed of their god Chemosh. They will be ashamed just as the people of Israel were when they trusted in their god at Bethel.
14. "How can you say, 'We are soldiers. We are men who are brave in battle'?
15. Moab will be destroyed. Its enemies will march into its towns. Her finest young men will die in battle," announces the King. His name is The Lord Who Rules Over All.
16. "The fall of Moab is near. Its time of trouble will come quickly.
17. All you who live around it, sob over its people. Be sad, you who know how famous Moab is. Say, 'Its powerful ruler's rod is broken! His glorious staff is smashed.'
18. "Come down from your glorious city, you who live in Dibon. Come and sit on the thirsty ground. The one who destroys your country will come up and attack you. Your enemies will destroy your cities that have high walls around them.
19. Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the men who are running away. Ask the women who are escaping. Ask them, 'What has happened?'