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35 “I will put an end to Moab,” says the Lord, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods. 36 My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared. 37 The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap.

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35 In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places(A)
    and burn incense(B) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(C) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(D)
    The wealth they acquired(E) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(F)
    and every beard(G) cut off;
every hand is slashed
    and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(H)

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