12. Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.
13. And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.
14. How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?
15. Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
16. Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
17. Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.
18. Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.
19. On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?
20. Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
21. And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain--unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
22. And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,
23. And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,
24. And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.
25. Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.
26. Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision--even he.
27. And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
28. Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.