1

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence

2

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.

3

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

4

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out his life shall be grievous unto him.

5

My heart shall cry out for Moab his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

6

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

7

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

8

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

9

For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.