1. This message is to the country of Moab.This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says:“How terrible it will be for the city of Nebo,because it will be ruined.The town of Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured;the strong city will be disgraced and shattered.
2. Moab will not be praised again.Men in the town of Heshbon plan Moab’s defeat.They say, ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation!’Town of Madmen, you will also be silenced.The sword will chase you.
3. Listen to the cries from the town of Horonaim,cries of much confusion and destruction.
4. Moab will be broken up.Her little children will cry for help.
5. Moab’s people go up the path to the town of Luhith,crying loudly as they go.On the road down to Horonaim,cries of pain and suffering can be heard.
6. Run! Run for your lives!Go like a bush being blown through the desert.
7. You trust in the things you do and in your wealth,so you also will be captured.The god Chemosh will go into captivityand his priests and officers with him.