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| 1An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone. | 1This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed. |
| 2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn; | 2Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards. |
| 3in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears. | 3They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing. |
| 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles. | 4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear. |
| 5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction; | 5My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim. |
| 6the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more. | 6Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched. The tender plants are gone; nothing green remains. |
| 7Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows. | 7The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows. |
| 8For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim. | 8A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim. |
| 9For the waters of Dibon are full of blood; for I will bring upon Dibon even more, a lion for those of Moab who escape, for the remnant of the land. | 9The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with Dibon! Lions will hunt down the survivors— both those who try to escape and those who remain behind. |
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