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.
25. Moab’s horn is cut off; her arm is broken,” declares the Lord.
26. “Make her drunk, for she has defied the Lord. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule.
27. Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her?
28. Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave.
29. “We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart.
30. I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the Lord, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31. Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32. I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea ; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33. Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.
34. “The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
35. In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods,” declares the Lord.