An Oracle Concerning Moab
An aoracle concerning bMoab.
Because cAr of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because dKir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.
2 He has gone up to the temple, and to aDibon,
to the high places to weep;
over bNebo and over aMedeba
Moab cwails.
On every head is dbaldness;
every beard is shorn;
3 in the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
4 aHeshbon and aElealeh cry out;
their voice is heard as far as bJahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
his soul trembles.
5 My heart cries out for Moab;
her fugitives flee to Zoar,
to aEglath‑shelishiyah.
For at the bascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to bHoronaim
they raise a cry of destruction;
6 the waters of aNimrim
are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
the greenery is no more.
7 aTherefore the abundance they have gained
and what they have laid up
they carry away
over the Brook of the Willows.
8 For a cry has gone
around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
her wailing reaches to Beer‑elim.
9 For the waters of aDibon are full of blood;
for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
ba lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.