14. “You used to boast, ‘We are heroes,mighty men of war.’
15. But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed.His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”says the King, whose name is the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
16. “Destruction is coming fast for Moab;calamity threatens ominously.
17. You friends of Moab,weep for him and cry!See how the strong scepter is broken,how the beautiful staff is shattered!