(A)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
    how proud he is!—
(B)of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
    in his idle boasting he is not right.
Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
    (C)let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
    for the (D)raisin cakes of (E)Kir-hareseth.

For the fields of Heshbon languish,
    and (F)the vine of Sibmah;
the lords of the nations
    have struck down its branches,
which reached to Jazer
    and strayed to the desert;
its shoots spread abroad
    and passed over the sea.

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