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.
30. I know her insolence but it is futile,’declares the Lord,‘and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31. Therefore I wail over Moab,for all Moab I cry out,I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32. I weep for you, as Jazer weeps,you vines of Sibmah.Your branches spread as far as the sea;they reached as far as Jazer.The destroyer has fallenon your ripened fruit and grapes.
33. Joy and gladness are gonefrom the orchards and fields of Moab.I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;no one treads them with shouts of joy.Although there are shouts,they are not shouts of joy.
34. ‘The sound of their cry risesfrom Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz,from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
35. In Moab I will put an endto those who make offerings on the high placesand burn incense to their gods,’declares the Lord.
36. ‘So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe;it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.The wealth they acquired is gone.
37. Every head is shavedand every beard cut off;every hand is slashedand every waist is covered with sackcloth.
38. On all the roofs in Moaband in the public squaresthere is nothing but mourning,for I have broken Moablike a jar that no one wants,’declares the Lord.