34 From the cry for help of Heshbon, up to Elealeh,

up to Jahaz, they give their voice,

from Zoar up to Horonaim, up to Eglath-shelishiyah,

for even the waters of Nimrim have become as a desolation.

35 And I will cause to disappear for Moab,” ⌊declares⌋t Yahweh,

“the one who presents a sacrifice at a high place,

and the one who burns a smoke offering to his gods.

36 ⌊Therefore⌋u my heart moans for Moab like the flute.v

It moans for the peoplew of Kir-heres like the flute.x

⌊Therefore⌋y the wealth they gained has perished.

37 For on every head is baldness,

and every beard is trimmed.

On all the hands, slashes,

and on the loins, sackcloth.

38 On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares,

there is wailing everywhere.

For I have broken Moab like a vessel,

there is no delight in it,” ⌊declares⌋z Yahweh.

39 “How it is filled with terror! How they wail!

How Moab has turned his back! He is disgraced!

So Moab has become as a derision,

and as a terror for all his surrounding peoples.”

40 For thus says Yahweh,

“Look, like an eagle he will swoop down,

and he will spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth will be taken,

and the strongholds will be conquered,

and the heartsa of the warriors of Moab will be on that day

like the heart of a woman who is in labor.

42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people,

because against Yahweh he magnified himself.

43 Dread, and pit, and a trapping net are against you,

O inhabitant of Moab,” ⌊declares⌋b Yahweh.

44 “He who flees ⌊before⌋c the dread

will fall into the pit,

and the one who climbs up from the pit

will be caught in the trapping net,

for I will bring on Moab

the year of their punishment,” ⌊declares⌋d Yahweh.

45 “In the shadow of Heshbon

fugitives stand without strength,

for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,

and a flame from Sihon.

And it has eaten the forehead of Moab,

and the skullse of the peoplef of tumult.

46 Woe to you, Moab!

The people of Chemosh have perished.

For your sons have been taken into captivity,

and your daughters into captivity.

47 Yet I will restore the fortunesg of Moab

in the last of the days,” ⌊declares⌋h Yahweh.

⌊Thus far⌋i is the judgment of Moab.