37. The people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slash their hands and put on clothes made of burlap.
38. There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.
39. How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”
40. This is what the lord says:“Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,spreading his wings over Moab.
41. Its cities will fall,and its strongholds will be seized.Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguishlike a woman in labor.
42. Moab will no longer be a nation,for it has boasted against the lord.
43. “Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,O Moab,” says the lord.
44. “Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.I will see to it that you do not get away,for the time of your judgment has come,”says the lord.
45. “The people flee as far as Heshbonbut are unable to go on.For a fire comes from Heshbon,King Sihon’s ancient home,to devour the entire landwith all its rebellious people.
46. “What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab!The people of the god Chemosh are destroyed!Your sons and your daughtershave been taken away as captives.
47. But I will restore the fortunes of Moabin days to come.I, the lord, have spoken!”This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab.