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.
29. We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,
30. I--I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and [it is] not right, His devices--not right they have done.
31. Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab--all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,