^29 (A)Woe to you, Moab!
You are destroyed, people of ^(B)Chemosh!
^(C)He has given his sons as fugitives,
^(D)And his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.

Certainly in a night ^(B)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
^2 [a]The people have gone up to the ^[b]temple and to ^(C)Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is ^(D)bald and every beard is cut off.
³ In their streets they have put on ^(E)sackcloth;
^(F)On their housetops and in their public squares
Everyone is wailing, ^[c](G)overcome with weeping.
^4 (H)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the ^[d]armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
⁵ My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as ^(I)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ^(J)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Indeed, on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ^(K)over their collapse.
⁶ For the ^(L)waters of Nimrim are ^[e]desolate.
Indeed, the grass is withered, the new growth has died,
There is ^(M)no greenery.
⁷ Therefore the ^(N)abundance which they have acquired and stored up,
They carry it off over the brook of ^[f]Arabim.
⁸ For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its howling to Beer-elim.
⁹ For the waters of Dimon are full of ^[g]blood;
I will certainly bring added woes upon Dimon,
A ^(O)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and the remnant of the land.

16 ^(P)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From ^[h](Q)Sela by way of the wilderness to the ^(R)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
² Then, like ^(S)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of ^(T)Moab will be at the crossing places of the ^(U)Arnon.
³ “^[i]Give us advice, make a decision;
^[j]Cast your ^(V)shadow like night ^[k]at high noon;
^(W)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
⁴ Let the ^[l]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
^(X)Oppressors have been removed from the land.
⁵ A ^(Y)throne will be established in faithfulness,
And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of ^(Z)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice,
And be prompt in righteousness.