32. More than for Jazer I weep for you,vine of Sibmah.Your tendrils trailed down to the sea,as far as Jazer they stretched.Upon your summer harvest and your vintage,the destroyer has fallen.
33. Joy and gladness are taken awayfrom the garden land, the land of Moab.I dry up the wine from the wine vats,the treader treads no more,the vintage shout is stilled.
34. The cry of Heshbon and Elealeh is heard as far as Jahaz; they call from Zoar to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; even the waters of Nimrim turn into a wasteland.
35. I will leave no one in Moab—oracle of the Lord—to offer burnt offerings on the high place or to make sacrifices to their gods.
36. Hence my heart wails like a flute for Moab; my heart wails like a flute for the people of Kir-heres: the wealth they accumulated has perished.
37. Every head has been shaved bald, every beard cut off; every hand gashed, and all their loins are draped in sackcloth.
38. On all the rooftops of Moab and in all its squares there is mourning. I have shattered Moab like a pot that no one wants—oracle of the Lord.
39. How terrified they are, how they wail! How Moab turns its back in shame! Moab has become a laughingstock and a horror to all its neighbors!
40. For thus says the Lord:Look there! Like an eagle he swoops,spreading his wings over Moab.
41. Cities are captured,strongholds seized:On that day the hearts of Moab’s warriorsbecome like the heart of a woman in labor.
42. Moab shall be wiped out, a people no more,because it set itself over against the Lord.
43. Terror, pit, and trap be upon you,enthroned Moab—oracle of the Lord.
44. Those fleeing the terrorfall into the pit;Those climbing out of the pitare caught in the trap;Ah, yes! I will bring these things upon Moabin the year of their punishment—oracle of the Lord.
45. In Heshbon’s shadow the fugitivesstop short, exhausted;For fire blazes up from Heshbon,and flames up from the house of Sihon:It consumes the forehead of Moab,the scalp of the noisemakers.
46. Woe to you, Moab!You are finished, people of Chemosh!Your sons are taken into exile,your daughters into captivity.
47. Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moabin the days to come—oracle of the Lord.Thus far the judgment on Moab.