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 shorn.
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] to Jahaz therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him.
5. My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] to Zoar, a heifer of three years old for they shall go up the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise a cry of destruction.
6. For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
7. Therefore the abundance they have gained, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8. For the cry hath gone round the borders of Moab, her howling to Eglaim, and her howling to Beer-elim.
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.