7. Because you have reliedon your own strength and treasures,you also will be captured.Chemosh will go into exile,together with his priests and officials.
8. The destroyer will sweep through every town;no town will escape.The valleys will be ravaged;the plateaus will be destroyed,because the Lord has declared it so.
9. Give wings to Moab,and it would fly awaybecause its towns lie in ruins,with no one left in them.
10. Cursed is the one who is halfheartedin doing the Lord’s work.Cursed is the one who restrainsthe sword from bloodshed.
11. From early on Moab has been at ease,like wine left to settle on its sediment.It hasn’t been poured into jars;nor has Moab been taken into exile.Therefore, its taste is still pleasant,and its aroma is the same.
12. But the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send to him someone to spill it—to pour out his wine and to smash his jars.
13. And Moab will be put to shame on account of Chemosh, just as the people of Israel were put to shame on account of Bethel, in which they trusted.
14. How can you claim,"We’re soldiers; we’re war heroes"?