15. Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,’declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
16. ‘The fall of Moab is at hand;her calamity will come quickly.
17. Mourn for her, all who live around her,all who know her fame;say, “How broken is the mighty sceptre,how broken the glorious staff !”
18. ‘Come down from your gloryand sit on the parched ground,you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,for the one who destroys Moabwill come up against youand ruin your fortified cities.
19. Stand by the road and watch,you who live in Aroer.Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,ask them, “What has happened?”
20. Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.Wail and cry out!Announce by the Arnonthat Moab is destroyed.
21. Judgment has come to the plateau –to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
22. to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23. to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24. to Kerioth and Bozrah –to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25. Moab’s horn is cut off;her arm is broken,’declares the Lord.
26. ‘Make her drunk,for she has defied the Lord.Let Moab wallow in her vomit;let her be an object of ridicule.
27. Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?Was she caught among thieves,that you shake your head in scornwhenever you speak of her?
28. Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,you who live in Moab.Be like a dove that makes its nestat the mouth of a cave.
29. ‘We have heard of Moab’s pride –how great is her arrogance! –of her insolence, her pride, her conceitand the haughtiness of her heart.