17. Grieve for this nation,you neighbors of Moab,all you who know his name.Proclaim how its mighty scepterand magnificent staff are shattered!
18. Come down from your lofty placeand sit in the dust,you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon;because Moab’s destroyerhas arrived to level your fortresses.
19. Stand by the roads and watch,you inhabitants of Aroer.Ask the men who fleeand the women who run off,"What’s happened?"
20. Moab is shamed and shocked;weep and wail!Tell it by the Arnon River:Moab’s been destroyed!
21. Judgment has come to the towns of the plateau—to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22. to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23. to Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24. to Kerioth and Bozrah,to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25. Moab’s horn is cut off;its arm is broken,declares the Lord.
26. Get Moab drunk,because it has exalted itself above the Lord.Moab will collapse in its vomitand become the butt of every joke.