1 C oncerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.

Concerning Moab: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame and taken; Misgab is put to shame, broken down, and crushed.

2 T here is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword.

The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they planned evil against her, saying, Come, let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.

3 A voice of a cry from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.

The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

4 D estroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 F or the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard.

For the ascent of Luhith will be climbed with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

6 F lee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.

Flee! Save your lives! But they shall be like a destitute and forsaken person in the wilderness.

7 F or, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.

For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken. And Chemosh shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

8 A nd come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said.

And the destroyer shall come upon every city; no city shall escape. The valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be devastated, as the Lord has said.

9 G ive wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

Give wings to Moab, for she will flee and get away; her cities will be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

10 C ursed he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

11 S ecure is Moab from his youth, And at rest he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees and has not been drawn off from one vessel to another, neither has he gone into exile. Therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent has not changed.

12 T herefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.

Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to tilters who shall tilt him up and shall empty his vessels and break his bottles (earthenware) in pieces.

13 A nd ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

14 H ow do ye say, We mighty, And men of strength for battle?

How can you say, We are heroes and mighty men in the war?

15 S poiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts His name.

Moab has been made desolate, and his cities have gone up; and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts.

16 N ear is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.

The destruction of Moab is coming near, and his calamity hastens swiftly.

17 B emoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

Bemoan him, all you who are around him, and all you who know his name; say, How broken is the mighty scepter and the splendid rod!

18 C ome down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.

Come down from your glory, you inhabitant of the Daughter of Dibon, and sit on the ground among the thirsty! For the destroyer of Moab is advancing against you; he will destroy your strongholds.

19 O n the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch! Ask him who flees and her who escapes, What has happened?

20 P ut to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,

Moab is put to shame, for she is broken down. Wail and cry out! Tell by the Arnon that Moab is laid waste (destroyed).

21 A nd judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,

Judgment has come upon the land of the plain—upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,

22 A nd on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,

And upon Dibon and Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,

23 A nd on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,

And upon Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon,

24 A nd on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.

And upon Kerioth and Bozrah—and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

25 C ut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.

The horn (strength) of Moab is cut off, and his arm is shattered, says the Lord.

26 D eclare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.

Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against the Lord. Moab also shall splash in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.

27 A nd was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.

For was not Israel derision to you? Was he found among thieves—since whenever you speak of him you wag your head ?

28 F orsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.

O you inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell among the rocks, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the walls of the yawning ravine.

29 W e have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,

We have heard of the pride of Moab, the extremely proud one—his loftiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.

30 I -- I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and not right, His devices -- not right they have done.

I know his insolent wrath, says the Lord, and the nothingness of his boastings and his deeds; they are false and have accomplished nothing.

31 T herefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,

Therefore I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out over the whole of Moab. Over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth) there will be sighing and mourning.

32 W ith the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.

O vines of Sibmah, I weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer. Your tendrils have gone over the sea, reaching even to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruit harvest and your crop of grapes.

33 A nd removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting no shouting!

Joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful orchards and fields and from the land of Moab. And I have made the juice to fail from what is pressed out in the vats; no one treads with shouting. Their shouting is no shouting.

34 B ecause of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third, For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim have become desolations.

35 A nd I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.

Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, says the Lord, the one who ascends and offers in the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.

36 T herefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore the abundant riches they gained has perished.

37 F or every head bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.

For every head is shaven bald and every beard cut off: upon all the hands are cuts (slashes) and upon the loins is sackcloth.

38 O n all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.

39 H ow hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.

How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a terror to all who are round about him.

40 F or thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

For thus says the Lord: Behold, he shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

41 C aptured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

Kerioth shall be taken and the strongholds seized; and the hearts of the mighty warriors of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 A nd Moab hath been destroyed from a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a nation, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

43 F ear, and a snare, and a gin, for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.

44 W hoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit, and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken and caught in the trap or snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation (their inspection and infliction of punishment), says the Lord.

45 I n the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.

In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand powerless (stopped in their tracks, helpless and without strength), for a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the midst of Sihon; it has destroyed the corner of Moab and the crowns of the heads of the ones in tumult.

46 W o to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.

Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into captivity.

47 A nd I have turned back the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto the judgment of Moab.

Yet will I reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment on Moab.