41. Your cities and fortresseswill be captured,and your warriorsgripped by fear.
42. You are finished as a nation,because you dared oppose me,the Lord.
43. Terror, pits, and trapsare waiting for you.
44. If you are terrified and run,you will fall into a pit;and if you crawl out of the pit,you'll get caught in a trap.The time has comefor you to be punished.
45. Near the city of Heshbon,where Sihon once ruled,tired refugees stand in shadowscast by the flamesof their burning city.Soon, the towns on other hilltops,where those warlike people live,will also go up in smoke.
46. People of Moab, you worshippedChemosh, your god,but now you are done for,and your children are prisonersin a foreign country.
47. Yet some day, I will bringyour people back home.I, the Lord, have spoken.