The road from Nebo

1Concerning Moab: Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. Kiriathaim is put to shame; it is captured. The stronghold is put to shame and shattered.

2There is no more praise for Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation.’ You too, Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will go after you.

3A sound of a cry from Horonaim: devastation and great destruction.

4Moab is shattered; her little ones have made a cry heard.

5For on the ascent of Luhith they go up with weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

6Flee! Escape with your lives, and be like a juniper in the wilderness.