34. “Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the cries. They will hear them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.
35. “I will put a stop in Moab”—God’s Decree—“to all hiking to the high places to offer burnt sacrifices to the gods.
36. “My heart moans for Moab, for the men of Kir-heres, like soft flute sounds carried by the wind. They’ve lost it all. They’ve got nothing.
37. “Everywhere you look are signs of mourning:heads shaved, beards cut,Hands scratched and bleeding,clothes ripped and torn.
38. “In every house in Moab there’ll be loud lamentation, on every street in Moab, loud lamentation. As with a pottery jug that no one wants, I’ll smash Moab to bits.” God’s Decree.
39. “Moab ruined!Moab shamed and ashamed to be seen!Moab a cruel joke!The stark horror of Moab!”
40-42. God’s verdict on Moab. Indeed!“Look! An eagle is about to swoop downand spread its wings over Moab.The towns will be captured,the fortresses taken.Brave warriors will double up in pain, helpless to fight,like a woman giving birth to a baby.There’ll be nothing left of Moab, nothing at all,because of his defiant arrogance against me.
43-44. “Terror and pit and trapare what you have facing you, Moab.” God’s Decree.“A man running in terrorwill fall into a trap.A man climbing out of a pitwill be caught in a trap.This is my agenda for Moabon doomsday.” God’s Decree.