19. O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the road and watch— ask him fleeing and her escaping, ‘What has happened?’
20. Moab is disgraced, indeed shattered. Wail and shriek! Declare by the Arnon, Moab is ruined!
21. Judgment has come on the tableland —on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
22. on Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,
23. on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,
24. on Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
25. The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
26. “Make him drunk, for he exalted himself against Adonai. So Moab will wallow in his vomit and also become a laughingstock.
27. After all, Israel is a laughingstock to you. Was he ever found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him, you should wag the head?
28. Inhabitants of Moab, leave the towns and dwell in crags— like a dove nesting in a cave’s mouth.
29. We have heard of the pride of Moab —very proud he is—his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his self-exalted heart.
30. I know his arrogance,” says Adonai, “but it is dishonest— his boasts really accomplish nothing.