14. “How do you say, ‘We are heroesand mighty men of war’?
15. The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16. The calamity of Moab is near at hand,and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17. Grieve for him, all you who are around him,and all who know his name;say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,the glorious staff.’
18. “Come down from your glory,and sit on the parched ground,O inhabitant of Dibon!For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;he has destroyed your strongholds.
19. Stand by the way and watch,O inhabitant of Aroer!Ask him who flees and her who escapes;say, ‘What has happened?’
20. Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry!Tell it beside the Arnon,that Moab is laid waste.
21. “Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22. and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23. and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,