13. Chemosh shall disappoint Moab, just as the house of Israel was disappointed by Bethel, in which they trusted.
14. How can you say, “We are heroes,mighty warriors”?
15. The one who ravages Moab and its cities comes up,the best of its youth go down to slaughter—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.
16. Moab’s ruin is near at hand,its disaster approaches swiftly.
17. Mourn, all you neighbors,all you who know its name!Say: How the mighty scepter is broken,the glorious staff!
18. Come down from glory, sit on the parched ground,enthroned daughter Dibon;Moab’s destroyer has fallen upon you,has shattered your strongholds.
19. Stand along the road, keep watch,enthroned Aroer;Ask the fleeing man, the escaping woman:ask them what has happened.
20. “Moab is put to shame, destroyed.”Wail and cry out,Proclaim it at the Arnon:“Moab is destroyed!”
21. Judgment has come upon the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22. on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23. on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24. on Kerioth and on Bozrah: on all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
25. The horn of Moab is cut off,its arm is broken—oracle of the Lord.
26. Make him drunk because he set himself over against the Lord; let Moab swim in his vomit and become a laughingstock.