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

Surely in a night ^(B)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
² They have gone up to the ^[b]temple and to ^(C)Dibon, even 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 girded themselves with ^(E)sackcloth;
^(F)On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, ^[c](G)dissolved in tears.
^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;
Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ^(K)over their ruin.
⁶ For the ^(L)waters of Nimrim are ^[e]desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass ^[f]died out,
There is ^(M)no green thing.
⁷ Therefore the ^(N)abundance which they have acquired and stored up
They carry off over the brook of ^[g]Arabim.
⁸ For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.
⁹ For the waters of Dimon are full of ^[h]blood;
Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,
A ^(O)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

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