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,