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.
34. Weeping from Heshboncan be heard as faras Elealeh and Jahaz;cries from Zoar are heardin Horonaimand Eglath-Shelishiyah.And Nimrim Brook has run dry.
35. I will get rid of anyonewho burns incenseto the gods of Moabor offers sacrificesat their shrines.I, the Lord, have spoken.
36. In my heart I moan for Moab,like a funeral songplayed on a flute.I mourn for the peopleof the town of Kir-Heres,because their wealth is gone.