17. Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!’
18. “Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.
19. Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20. Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
21. Judgment has come to the plateau— to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
22. to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23. to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24. to Kerioth and Bozrah— to all the towns of Moab, far and near.