1 The Word against the Land of Moab. By night the land of Moab shall be destroyed ; for by night the wall of the land of Moab shall be destroyed.
2 Grieve for yourselves ; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed : thither shall ye go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab : howl ye : baldness shall be on every head, and all arms shall be wounded. Notesn1 Gr. cut to pieces.
3 Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets : and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways ; howl all of you with weeping.
4 For Esebon and Eleale have cried : their voice was heard to Jassa : therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud ; her soul shall know.
5 The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor ; for it is as a heifer of three years old : and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim : she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
6 The water of Nemerim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail : for there shall be no green grass.
7 Shall Moab even thus be delivered ? for I will bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it.
8 For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, even of Agalim ; and her howling has gone as far as the well of Ælim.
9 And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood : for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama.