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Judgment on Moab

48 Concerning Moab.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Alas for Nebo, it is laid waste!
    Kiriathaim is put to shame; it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame and broken down;(A)
    the renown of Moab is no more.
In Heshbon they planned evil against her:
    “Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!”
You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;[a]
    the sword shall pursue you.(B)

Listen! A cry goes up from Horonaim:
    “Desolation and great destruction!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 48.2 The place name Madmen sounds like the Hebrew verb to be silent