- The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed,
- He has gone up to the temple[1] and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.
- In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.
- Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers[2] of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.
- " My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.[3] For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction,
- For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green.
- Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
- For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim.
- For the waters of Dimon[4] will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon,[5] Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land."
Proclamation Against Moab
- Hebrew 'bayith, 'literally 'house'
- Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint and Syriac read 'loins'.
- Or 'The Third Eglath, 'an unknown city (compare Jeremiah 48:34)
- Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate read 'Dibon; 'Septuagint reads 'Rimon'.
- Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate read 'Dibon;' Septuagint reads 'Rimon.'