Proclamation Against Moab
1 Theburden against Moab.
# Because in the nightAr ofMoab is laid waste
Anddestroyed,
Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
Anddestroyed,
2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon,
To the high places to weep.
Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
# On all their headswillbebaldness,
Andevery beard cut off.
3 In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth;
On the tops of their houses
And in their streets
# Everyone will wail,weeping bitterly.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out,
# Their voice shall be heard as far asJahaz;
Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out;
His life will be burdensome to him.
5 “Myheart will cry out for Moab;
His fugitivesshallfleeto Zoar,
Likea three-year-old heifer.
# Forby the Ascent of Luhith
They will go up with weeping;
For in the way of Horonaim
They will raise up a cry of destruction,
6 For the watersof Nimrim will be desolate,
For the green grass has withered away;
The grass fails, there is nothing green.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gained,
And what they have laid up,
They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab,
Its wailing to Eglaim
And its wailing to Beer Elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood;
Because I will bring more upon Dimon,
# Lions upon him who escapes from Moab,
And on the remnant of the land.”