40. This is what the Lord says:‘Look! An eagle is swooping down,spreading its wings over Moab.
41. Kerioth will be capturedand the strongholds taken.In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriorswill be like the heart of a woman in labour.
42. Moab will be destroyed as a nationbecause she defied the Lord.
43. Terror and pit and snare await you,you people of Moab,’declares the Lord.
44. ‘Whoever flees from the terrorwill fall into a pit,whoever climbs out of the pitwill be caught in a snare;for I will bring on Moabthe year of her punishment,’declares the Lord.
45. ‘In the shadow of Heshbonthe fugitives stand helpless,for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,a blaze from the midst of Sihon;it burns the foreheads of Moab,the skulls of the noisy boasters.
46. Woe to you, Moab!The people of Chemosh are destroyed;your sons are taken into exileand your daughters into captivity.
47. ‘Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moabin days to come,’declares the Lord.Here ends the judgment on Moab.