²⁶ Put on sackcloth,^(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;^(B)
mourn with bitter wailing^(C)
    as for an only son,^(D)
for suddenly the destroyer^(E)
    will come upon us.

¹⁵ Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men^(A) will go down in the slaughter,^(B)”
    declares the King,^(C) whose name is the Lord Almighty.^(D)

¹⁸ “Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(A)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(B)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(C)

³² I weep for you, as Jazer^(A) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.^(B)
Your branches spread as far as the sea^[a];
    they reached as far as^[b] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.