Judgment and destruction shall come upon Moab for their contempt of God.

1 - Against Moab thus saith the L ORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

2 - There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

3 - A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

4 - Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 - For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

6 - Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

7 - ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

8 - And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the L ORD hath spoken.

9 - Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

10 - Cursed be he that doeth the work of the L ORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

11 - ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

12 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the L ORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

14 - ¶ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

15 - Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the L ORD of hosts.

16 - The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

17 - All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

18 - Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

19 - O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

20 - Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

21 - And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

22 - And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

23 - And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

24 - And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

25 - The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the L ORD.

26 - ¶ Make ye him drunken : for he magnified himself against the L ORD : Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

27 - For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

28 - O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.

29 - We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

30 - I know his wrath, saith the L ORD ; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

31 - Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.

32 - O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

33 - And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

34 - From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

35 - Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the L ORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

36 - Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

37 - For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

38 - There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the L ORD.

39 - They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

40 - For thus saith the L ORD ; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

41 - Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 - And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the L ORD.

43 - Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the L ORD.

44 - He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the L ORD.

45 - They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

46 - Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

47 - ¶ Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the L ORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.