35. “Moreover,” says the Lord,“I will cause to cease in MoabThe one who offers sacrifices in the high placesAnd burns incense to his gods.
36. Therefore My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,And like flutes My heart shall wailFor the men of Kir Heres.Therefore the riches they have acquired have perished.
37. “For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped;On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth—
38. A general lamentationOn all the housetops of Moab,And in its streets;For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
39. “They shall wail:‘How she is broken down!How Moab has turned her back with shame!’So Moab shall be a derisionAnd a dismay to all those about her.”
40. For thus says the Lord:“Behold, one shall fly like an eagle,And spread his wings over Moab.
41. Kerioth is taken,And the strongholds are surprised;The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall beLike the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
42. And Moab shall be destroyed as a people,Because he exalted himself against the Lord.