vs 1 This is the word against MoAb:‘In one night, MoAb’s land will be wiped away…In the dark, its walls will be broken.
vs 2 In Dibon, your altars will all be destroyed, and then, you’ll just go there to weep. ‘In MoAb, there’ll be shrieking on Nebo; For, every head will be shaved, and you’ll all wear chains on your arms.
vs 3 ‘In your squares, you all will wear sackcloth, and under every roof, there’ll be mourning; For, you will be shrieking and crying in your squares and in all your streets!
vs 4 ‘In HeshBon, there will also be shouting, As well as in EliAleh…As far as JaHaz, the sounds will be heard.‘In MoAb’s land, the mothers will cry; For, in their souls, they will know…
vs 5 In their hearts, they’ll know there’ll be screaming all the way up to ZoAr.‘Then they’ll be like 3-year-old heifers [That are being led to the slaughter]; For there’ll be much weeping in LuHith, and yelling on the road to HoroNaim, where they’ll tremble before they’re defeated!
vs 6 ‘At NimRim, the waters will dry, So her crops will fail and there’ll be no green grass.
vs 7 And then, how will they save her? For, I will send Arabs into her valleys and everyone there will be captured.
vs 8 ‘Yes, there will be screaming and shrieking in the lands of MoAb and EglaIm. There will also be screams at their wells,
vs 9 For the waters of Dibon will be filled with blood.‘Yes, against Dimon, I’m bringing the Arabs, and they will remove MoAb’s offspring…Those remaining in AriEl and Adama.’