13. Then you will be ashamed,because your god Chemoshcannot save you,just as Bethel could not helpthe Israelites.
14. You claim that your soldiersare strong and brave.
15. But I am the Lord,the all-powerful King,and I promise that enemieswill overpower your towns.Even your best warriorswill die in the battle.
16. It won't be long now—disaster will hit Moab!
17. I will order the nearby nationsto mourn for you and say,“Isn't it sad? Moab ruled others,but now its glorious powerhas been shattered.”
18. People in the town of Dibon,you will be honoured no more,so have a seat in the dust.Your walls will be torn downwhen the enemies attack.
19. You people of Aroer,wait beside the road,and when refugees run by,ask them, “What happened?”
20. They will answer,“Moab has been defeated!Weep with us in shame.Tell everyone at the River Arnonthat Moab is destroyed.”
21-24. I will punish every townthat belongs to Moab,but especially Holon,Jahzah, Mephaath,Dibon, Nebo,Beth-Diblathaim, Kiriathaim,Beth-Gamul, Beth-Meon,Kerioth, and Bozrah.
25. My decision is final—your army will be crushed,and your power broken.
26. People of Moab, you claimto be stronger than I am.Now I will tell other nationsto make you drunkand to laugh while you collapsein your own vomit.
27. You made fun of my peopleand treated them like criminalscaught in the act.
28. Now you must leave your townsand live like dovesin the shelter of cliffsand canyons.
29. I know about your pride,and how you strut and boast.
30. But I also know boastingwill never save you.
31. So I will cry and mournfor Moaband its town of Kir-Heres.
32. People of Sibmah,you were like a vineyardheavy with grapes,and with branches reachingnorth to the town of Jazerand west to the Dead Sea.But you have been destroyed,and so I will weep for you,as the people of Jazer weepfor the vineyards.
33. Harvest celebrations are gonefrom the orchards and farmsof Moab.There are no happy shoutsfrom people making wine.