The Holy Bible

A Prophecy Against Moab

burden of Moab.

Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste,
and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste,
and brought to silence; 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon,
the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth:
on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl,
weeping abundantly. 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh:
their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous unto him.

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith
with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim
they shall raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate:
for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth,
there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten,
and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away
to the brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab;
the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood:
for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab,
and upon the remnant of the land.