⁸ “I have heard ^(A)the taunts of Moab
    and ^(B)the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
    and made boasts ^(C)against their territory.
⁹ Therefore, ^(D)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become ^(E)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites ^(F)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste for ever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

Because ^(C)Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
    Moab is undone;
because ^(D)Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
    Moab is undone.
² He has gone up to the temple,^[a] and to ^(E)Dibon,
    to the high places^[b] to weep;
over ^(F)Nebo and over ^(G)Medeba
    Moab ^(H)wails.
On every head is ^(I)baldness;
    every beard is shorn;
³ in the streets they wear sackcloth;
    on the housetops and in the squares
    everyone wails and melts in tears.
^4 (J)Heshbon and ^(K)Elealeh cry out;
    their voice is heard as far as ^(L)Jahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
    his soul trembles.
⁵ My heart cries out for Moab;
    her fugitives flee to Zoar,
    to ^(M)Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ^(N)ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;
on the road to ^(O)Horonaim
    they raise a cry of destruction;
⁶ the waters of ^(P)Nimrim
    are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
    the greenery is no more.
^7 (Q)Therefore the abundance they have gained
    and what they have laid up
they carry away
    over the Brook of the Willows.
⁸ For a cry has gone
    around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
    her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
⁹ For the waters of ^(R)Dibon^[c] are full of blood;
    for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
^(S)a lion for those of Moab who escape,
    for the remnant of the land.