11. “Moab has been at ease from his youth,and he has settled on his lees,and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,neither has he gone into captivity:therefore his taste remains in him,and his scent is not changed.
12. Therefore behold, the days come,” says the Lord,“that I will send to him those who pour off,and they will pour him off;and they will empty his vessels,and break their containers in pieces.
13. Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
14. “How do you say, ‘We are mighty men,and valiant men for the war?’
15. Moab is laid waste,and they have gone up into his cities,and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,”says the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
16. “The calamity of Moab is near to come,and his affliction hurries fast.
17. All you who are around him, bemoan him,and all you who know his name; say,‘How the strong staff is broken,the beautiful rod!’
18. “You daughter who dwells in Dibon,come down from your glory,and sit in thirst;for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you.He has destroyed your strongholds.
19. Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch.Ask him who flees, and her who escapes;say, ‘What has been done?’
20. Moab is disappointed;for it is broken down.Wail and cry!Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
21. Judgment has come on the plain country,on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
22. on Dibon, on Nebo, on Beth Diblathaim,