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Of Moab. Thus saith HaShem of hosts, the G-d of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed.

Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nebo! for it has perished: Kiriathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: 'Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.' Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.

There is no longer any healing for Moab, [nor] glorying in Heshbon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from [being] a nation, and she shall be completely still: after thee shall go a sword;

Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

for [there is] a voice of [men] crying out of Horonaim, destruction and great ruin.

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

Moab is ruined, proclaim [it] to Zoar:

For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

for Luhith is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Horonaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.

Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.

Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.

For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Since thou hast trusted in thy stronghold, therefore thou shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.

And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as HaShem hath spoken.

And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.

Give wings unto Moab, for she must fly and get away; and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence [shall there be] an inhabitant for her?

Cursed be he that doeth the work of HaShem with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.

Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out [his liquor] from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith HaShem, that I will send unto him them that tilt up, and they shall tilt him up; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their hope, having trusted in them.

How say ye: 'We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war'?

How will ye say, We are strong, and men strong for war?

Moab is spoiled, and they are gone up into her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is HaShem of hosts.

Moab is ruined, [even] his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly [to vengeance].

Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

Shake [the head] at him, all ye that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name; say ye, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

Come down from [thy] glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dibon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy stronghold.

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say: 'What hath been done?'

Stand by the way, and look, thou that dwellest in Aroer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?

Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.

Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished.

And judgment is come upon the country of the Plain; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;

And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,

and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;

and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Beth-diblathaim,

and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon;

and upon Kiriathaim, and upon the house of Gamul, and upon the house of Meon,

and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of Moab, far and near.

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith HaShem.

The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed.

Make ye him drunken, for he magnified himself against HaShem; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Make ye him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughingstock.

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves? For as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

For surely Israel was to thee a laughingstock, and was found among thy thefts, because thou didst fight against him.

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the pit's mouth.

The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and dwelt in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.

We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart.

And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.

I know his arrogancy, saith HaShem, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded.

But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?

Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-heres shall my heart moan.

Therefore howl ye for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men [in] a gloomy place. I will weep for thee,

With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah; thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer; upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the spoiler is fallen.

O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, [and] upon thy grape-gatherers.

And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses; none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.

Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and [though] there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.

From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, a heifer of three years old; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

From the cry of Heshbon even to Aetam their cities uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, and their tidings [as] a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nimrim shall be dried up.

Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith HaShem, him that offereth in the high place, and him that offereth to his gods.

And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

Therefore my heart moaneth for Moab like pipes, and my heart moaneth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres; therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what [every] man has gained has perished from him.

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat [the breasts], and on all loins shall be sackcloth.

On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith HaShem.

And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets [shall be mourning]: for I have broken [him], saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

'How is it broken down!' wail ye! 'How hath Moab turned the back with shame!' so shall Moab become a derision and a dismay to all that are round about him.

How has he changed! how has Moab turned [his] back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughingstock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

For thus saith HaShem: Behold, he shall swoop as a vulture, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

For thus said the Lord;

The cities are taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds have been taken together.

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against HaShem.

And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith HaShem.

A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab.

He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for I will bring upon her, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith HaShem.

He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation.

In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand without strength; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it devoureth the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Woe unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.

Yet will I turn the captivity of Moab in the end of days, saith HaShem. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.