VIN(i)
1 Against Moab thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is plundered: Kiriathaim is put to shame and taken: the stronghold is put to shame and dismayed.
2 The pride of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they plotted evil against her: 'Come and let's eliminate her as a nation.' Madmen will also be silenced, and the sword will pursue you.
3 A voice shall cry from Horonaim, 'With great wasting and destruction
4 Moab will be destroyed; her little ones will cry out.
5 Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the bush in the wilderness.
7 But, because you trust in your deeds and your riches, you will also be captured. Chemosh will go out into exile, along with his priests and officials.
8 A destroyer will come to every town and no town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed." This is what the LORD has said!
9 Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.
10 Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
11 Moab has been at ease from his youth. He has been undisturbed like wine on its dregs and not poured from vessel to vessel. He has not gone into exile. Therefore, his flavor has remained, and his aroma has not changed.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will send to him those who pour off and they will pour him off. And they will empty his vessels and smash their jugs.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of their confidence in Bethel.
14 How can you say, 'we are warriors, and men of might for the battle.'
15 Moab is plundered and has come up out of her cities. And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King whose name is the LORD Almighty.
16 The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
17 Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, 'Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.
18 Come down from glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your fortifications.
19 Stand by the road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping, say, 'What has happened?'
20 Moab was disgraced, for he is broken. Shriek and cry out! Announce in Arnon! that Moab is destroyed
21 Judgment has come to the plateau: to Holon and Jahzah, and against Mephaath,
22 Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23 on Kiriathaim, on Beth Gamul, on Beth Meon,
24 and on Karioth, and on Bosor, and on all the cities of Moab far and near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken," declares the LORD.
26 Make him drunk for he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he will be the object of mocking.
27 For was not Israel a mockery to you? Was he found among thieves? For ever since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
28 Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs, you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave.
29 We have heard of the pride of Moab —he is very proud— his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence," declares the LORD, "and his boastings are false; they act falsely.
31 So I howl for Moab, and I cry for all Moab - meditate for the men of Qir Hareseth.
32 With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
33 "'Joy and gladness are taken from the fruitful orchards and fields and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the wine presses. No one walks on the grapes with shouts of joy. There are shouts, but they are not shouts of joy.
34 "'Their crying can be heard from Moabite towns. It can be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far away as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah (three year old heifer). Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
35 And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.
36 So my heart roars for Moab as pipes; and my heart roars as pipes for the men of Qir Hareseth: because the riches he worked are destroyed.
37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets there will be nothing but mourning, for I'll break Moab like a vessel that no one wants," declares the LORD.
39 "How it will be shattered! How they'll wail! How Moab will turn his back in shame! Moab will be an object of ridicule and terror to all those around him."
40 For this is what the LORD says: "Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.
41 The towns will be captured and the strongholds seized. On that day the hearts of the warriors of Moab will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he exalted himself against the LORD.
43 Terror and pit and snare are upon thee O inhabitant of Moab Declareth the LORD:
44 He who flees from the dread shall fall into the pit. And he who goes up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For I will bring it on Moab, the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
45 "In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stand without strength, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. And it has eaten the forehead of Moab, and the skulls of the people of tumult.
46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last of the days," declares the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.