9. Give wings to Moab,that she may flee and get away;for the cities will become desolate,without any to dwell in them.
10. Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently,and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
11. Moab has been at ease from his youth,and he has also been undisturbed,like wine on its dregs,and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,nor has he gone into captivity.Therefore his taste remained in him,and his scent has not changed.
12. Therefore, surely the days are coming,says the Lord,when I will send to him those who tip vessels,and they will tip him over,and will empty his vesselsand break his bottles.
13. Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,as the house of Israel was ashamedof Bethel, their confidence.
14. How do you say, “We are mightyand strong men for the war”?
15. Moab has been devastated and gone up out of her cities,and her chosen young men have also gone down to the slaughter,says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
16. The calamity of Moab will come soon,and his affliction hastens fast.
17. All you who are about him, mourn for him.And all you who know his name,say, “How the strong staff has been broken,the beautiful rod!”
18. O daughter who inhabits Dibon,come down from your gloryand sit on the parched ground,for the destroyer of Moabwill come upon you,and he will destroy your strongholds.
19. O inhabitant of Aroer,stand by the road and keep watch.Ask him who flees and her who escapes,and say, “What has happened?”
20. Moab has been humiliated, for it has been broken down.Howl and cry out.Tell it in Arnon,that Moab has been devastated.
21. And judgment has come upon the plain country:upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,