17 Mourn for him, all you who live around him,
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the strong ascepter been broken,
A staff of beauty!’
18 aCome down from your glory
And inhabit the parched ground,
O inhabitant of the bdaughter of cDibon;
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.
19 Stand by the road and keep watch,
O inhabitant of aAroer;
bAsk him who flees and her who escapes
And say, ‘What has happened?’