¹⁷ Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;^(A)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,^(B)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

⁴ Heshbon^(A) and Elealeh^(B) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(C)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵ My heart cries out^(D) over Moab;^(E)
    her fugitives^(F) flee as far as Zoar,^(G)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(H)
    they lament their destruction.^(I)

⁷ Therefore the Moabites wail,^(A)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes^(B) of Kir Hareseth.^(C)