CLV(i)
1 Concerning Moab:`Thus said Yahweh of Hosts, Elohim of Israel:Woe unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured has been Kiriathaim, Put to shame has been the high tower, Yea, it has been broken down."
2 There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil:Come, and we cut it off from [being] a nation, Also, O Madmen, you are cut off, After you goes a sword."
3 A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction."
4 Destroyed has been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones."
5 For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up does weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard."
6 Flee you, deliver yourselves, You are as a naked thing in a wilderness."
7 For, because of your trusting in your works, And in your treasures, even you are captured, And gone out has Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together."
8 And come in does a spoiler unto every city, And no city does escape, And perished has the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Yahweh said."
9 Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goes out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them."
10 Cursed [is] he who is doing the work of Yahweh slothfully, And cursed [is] he Who is withholding his sword from blood."
11 Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest [is] he for his preserved things, And he has not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he has not gone, Therefore has his taste remained in him, And his fragrance has not been changed."
12 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Yahweh, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces."
13 And ashamed has been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence."
14 How do you say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?
15 Spoiled is Moab, and her cities has one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Yahweh of Hosts [is] His name."
16 Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction has hasted exceedingly."
17 Bemoan for him, all you round about him, And all knowing his name, say you:How has it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty."
18 Come down from honor, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab has come up to you, He has destroyed your fenced places."
19 On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What has happened?
20 Put to shame has been Moab, For it has been broken down, Howl and cry, declare you in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
21 And judgment has come in unto the land of the plain--unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
22 And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,
23 And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,
24 And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near."
25 Cut down has been the horn of Moab, And his arm has been broken, An affirmation of Yahweh."
26 Declare you him drunk, For against Yahweh he made himself great And Moab has stricken in his vomit, And he has been for a derision--even he."
27 And was not Israel the derision to you? Among thieves was he found? For since your words concerning him, You do bemoan yourself."
28 Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, You inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth."
29 We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,
30 I--I have known, an affirmation of Yahweh, His wrath, and [it is] not right, His devices--not right they have done."
31 Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab--all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it does mourn,
32 With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, Your branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On your summer fruits, and on your harvest, A spoiler has fallen."
33 And removed has been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting does not proceed, The shouting [is] no shouting!"
34 Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third [year], For even waters of Nimrim become desolations."
35 And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Yahweh, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his elohim."
36 Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes does sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes does sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish."
37 For every head [is] bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins--sackcloth."
38 On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it--[is] lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Yahweh."
39 How has it been broken down! they have howled, How has Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab has been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her."
40 For thus said Yahweh:Lo, as an eagle he does flee, And has spread his wings unto Moab."
41 Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Has been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman."
42 And Moab has been destroyed from [being] a people, For against Yahweh he exerted himself."
43 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for you, O inhabitant of Moab--an affirmation of Yahweh,
44 Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falls into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her--unto Moab--The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Yahweh."
45 In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire has gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumes the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon."
46 Woe to you, O Moab, Perished has the people of Chemosh, For your sons were taken with the captives, And your daughters with the captivity."
47 And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Yahweh! Hitherto [is] the judgment of Moab."