1. This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;it will soon lie in ruins.The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.
2. No one will ever brag about Moab again,for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her.‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced;the sword will follow you there.
3. Listen to the cries from Horonaim,cries of devastation and great destruction.
4. All Moab is destroyed.Her little ones will cry out.
5. Her refugees weep bitterly,climbing the slope to Luhith.They cry out in terror,descending the slope to Horonaim.
6. Flee for your lives!Hide in the wilderness!
7. Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill,you will be taken captive.Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,will be hauled off to distant lands!
8. “All the towns will be destroyed,and no one will escape—either on the plateaus or in the valleys,for the lord has spoken.