16. “Destruction is coming fast for Moab;calamity threatens ominously.
17. You friends of Moab,weep for him and cry!See how the strong scepter is broken,how the beautiful staff is shattered!
18. “Come down from your gloryand sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.They will tear down all your towers.
19. You people of Aroer,stand beside the road and watch.Shout to those who flee from Moab,‘What has happened there?’
20. “And the reply comes back,‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced;weep and wail!Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River:Moab has been destroyed!’
21. Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau—on Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,
22. on Dibon and Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,
23. on Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon,
24. on Kerioth and Bozrah—all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25. “The strength of Moab has ended.His arm has been broken,” says the lord.
26. “Let him stagger and fall like a drunkard,for he has rebelled against the lord.Moab will wallow in his own vomit,ridiculed by all.