1 Concerning Moab: This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold "will be disgraced and shattered.2 Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon "people will plot her downfall: 'Come, let us put an end to that nation.' You, the people of Madmen, "will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you.3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction.4 Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out. [^4]5 They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping bitterly as they go; on the road down to Horonaim anguished cries over the destruction are heard.6 Flee! Run for your lives; become like a bush "in the desert.7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.8 The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the LORD has spoken.9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste "; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.10 "A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD's work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!11 "Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another — she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged.12 But days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send men who pour from pitchers, and they will pour her out; they will empty her pitchers and smash her jars.13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.14 "How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'?15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.16 "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'18 "Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.19 Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, 'What has happened?'20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.21 Judgment has come to the plateau — to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,22 to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,23 to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,24 to Kerioth and Bozrah — to all the towns of Moab, far and near.25 Moab's horn "is cut off; her arm is broken," declares the LORD.26 "Make her drunk, for she has defied the LORD. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule.27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her?28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave.29 "We have heard of Moab's pride — how great is her arrogance! — of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart.30 I know her insolence but it is futile," declares the LORD, "and her boasts accomplish nothing.31 Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.32 I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea "; they reached as far as "Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.33 Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.34 "The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.35 In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods," declares the LORD.36 "So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe; it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone.37 Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.38 On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants," declares the LORD.39 "How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her."40 This is what the LORD says: "Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.41 Kerioth "will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD.43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab," declares the LORD.44 "Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment," declares the LORD.45 "In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters.46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed; your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity.47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come," declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

1 Ad Moab hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : [V super Nabo, quoniam vastata est, et confusa !capta est Cariathaim, confusa est fortis, et tremuit.2 Non est ultra exsultatio in Moab contra Hesebon : cogitaverunt malum : Venite, et disperdamus eam de gente.Ergo silens conticesces, sequeturque te gladius.3 Vox clamoris de Oronaim, vastitas et contritio magna.4 Contrita est Moab : annuntiate clamorem parvulis ejus.5 Per ascensum enim Luithplorans ascendet in fletu,quoniam in descensu Oronaimhostes ululatum contritionis audierunt.6 Fugite, salvate animas vestras,et eritis quasi myric in deserto :7 pro eo enim quod habuisti fiduciamin munitionibus tuis et in thesauris tuis,tu quoque capieris :et ibit Chamos in transmigrationem,sacerdotes ejus et principes ejus simul.8 Et veniet prdo ad omnem urbem,et urbs nulla salvabitur :et peribunt valles,et dissipabuntur campestria,quoniam dixit Dominus :9 Date florem Moab, quia florens egredietur :et civitates ejus desert erunt, et inhabitabiles.10 Maledictus qui facit opus Domini fraudulenter,et maledictus qui prohibet gladium suum a sanguine.11 Fertilis fuit Moab ab adolescentia sua,et requievit in fcibus suis :nec transfusus est de vase in vas,et in transmigrationem non abiit :idcirco permansit gustus ejus in eo,et odor ejus non est immutatus.12 Propterea ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus,et mittam ei ordinatores et stratores laguncularum :et sternent eum, et vasa ejus exhaurient,et lagunculas eorum collident.13 Et confundetur Moab a Chamossicut confusa est domus Isral a Bethel,in qua habebat fiduciam.14 Quomodo dicitis : Fortes sumus,et viri robusti ad prliandum ?15 Vastata est Moab, et civitates illius succiderunt,et electi juvenes ejus descenderunt in occisionem,ait rex, Dominus exercituum nomen ejus.16 Prope est interitus Moab ut veniat,et malum ejus velociter accurret nimis.17 Consolamini eum, omnes qui estis in circuitu ejus :et universi qui scitis nomen ejus, dicite :Quomodo confracta est virga fortis,baculus gloriosus ?18 Descende de gloria, et sede in siti,habitatio fili Dibon,quoniam vastator Moab ascendit ad te,dissipavit munitiones tuas.19 In via sta, et prospice,habitatio Aror :interroga fugientem,et ei qui evasit dic : Quid accidit ?20 Confusus est Moab, quoniam victus est.Ululate, et clamate :annuntiate in Arnon,quoniam vastata est Moab,21 et judicium venit ad terram campestrem,super Helon, et super Jasa,et super Mephaath, 22 et super Dibon,et super Nabo, et super domum Deblathaim,23 et super Cariathaim, et super Bethgamul,et super Bethmaon, 24 et super Carioth,et super Bosra, et super omnes civitates terr Moab,qu longe et qu prope sunt.25 Abscissum est cornu Moab,et brachium ejus contritum est, ait Dominus.26 Inebriate eum, quoniam contra Dominum erectus est :et allidet manum Moab in vomitu suo,et erit in derisum etiam ipse.27 Fuit enim in derisum tibi Isral,quasi inter fures reperisses eum :propter verba ergo tua qu adversum illum locutus es,captivus duceris.28 Relinquite civitates, et habitate in petra, habitatores Moab :et estote quasi columba nidificans in summo ore foraminis.29 Audivimus superbiam Moab, superbus est valde :sublimitatem ejus, et arrogantiam,et superbiam, et altitudinem cordis ejus.30 Ego scio, ait Dominus, jactantiam ejus,et quod non sit juxta eam virtus ejus,nec juxta quod poterat conata sit facere.31 Ideo super Moab ejulabo,et ad Moab universam clamabo,ad viros muri fictilis lamentantes :32 de planctu Jazer plorabo tibi, vinea Sabama.Propagines tu transierunt mare,usque ad mare Jazer pervenerunt :super messem tuam et vindemiam tuam prdo irruit.33 Ablata est ltitia et exsultatiode Carmelo et de terra Moab :et vinum de torcularibus sustuli,nequaquam calcator uv solitum celeuma cantabit.34 De clamore Hesebon usque Eleale et Jasa, dederunt vocem suam,a Segor usque ad Oronaim, vitula conternante :aqu quoque Nemrim pessim erunt.35 Et auferam de Moab, ait Dominus,offerentem in excelsis,et sacrificantem diis ejus.36 Propterea cor meum ad Moab quasi tibi resonabit,et cor meum ad viros muri fictilis dabit sonitum tibiarum :quia plus fecit quam potuit,idcirco perierunt.37 Omne enim caput calvitium,et omnis barba rasa erit :in cunctis manibus colligatio,et super omne dorsum cilicium :38 super omnia tecta Moab, et in plateis ejus,omnis planctus :quoniam contrivi Moabsicut vas inutile, ait Dominus.39 Quomodo victa est, et ululaverunt ?quomodo dejecit cervicem Moab, et confusus est ?Eritque Moab in derisum, et in exemplum omnibus in circuitu suo.40 Hc dicit Dominus :Ecce quasi aquila volabit,et extendet alas suas ad Moab.41 Capta est Carioth, et munitiones comprehens sunt :et erit cor fortium Moab in die illasicut cor mulieris parturientis,42 et cessabit Moab esse populus,quoniam contra Dominum gloriatus est.43 Pavor, et fovea,et laqueus super te,o habitator Moab, dicit Dominus.44 Qui fugerit a facie pavoris cadet in foveam,et qui conscenderit de fovea capietur laqueo :adducam enim super Moab annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.45 In umbra Hesebon steterunt de laqueo fugientes, quia ignis egressus est de Hesebon,et flamma de medio Seon :et devorabit partem Moab,et verticem filiorum tumultus.46 V tibi, Moab :periisti, popule Chamos,quia comprehensi sunt filii tuiet fili tu in captivitatem.47 Et convertam captivitatem Moab in novissimis diebus, ait Dominus.] Hucusque judicia Moab.