1. An oracle about Moab.Ar was devastated in a night; Moab is ruined!Kir was devastated in a night; Moab is ruined!
2. Dibon has gone up to the temple, to the shrines to weep.Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba.Every head is shaved,every beard cut off.
3. In its streets they wear mourning clothes;on its rooftops and in its plazas, everyone wails and falls down weeping.
4. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;as far as Jahaz their voice is heard.The armed men of Moab shout,spirits trembling.
5. My heart cries out for Moab.Its fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah.At the ascent of Luhith,each will go up with weeping.On the road to Horonaim,they will raise a piercing cry.