1 ¶ The 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; See also: Amos 2:1-3 Jeremiah 48:1-47 Numbers 21:28 Isaiah 11:14 Ezekiel 25:8-11
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. See also: Leviticus 21:5 Jeremiah 48:1 Numbers 21:30 Deuteronomy 34:1 Isaiah 3:24
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. See also: Jonah 3:6-8 Deuteronomy 22:8 2 Samuel 3:31 2 Kings 6:30 Isaiah 15:2
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. See also: Jeremiah 48:34 Genesis 27:46 Numbers 11:15 Numbers 21:23 Numbers 32:3-4
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. See also: Jeremiah 48:5 Jeremiah 4:20 Jeremiah 48:31-36 Luke 19:41-44 Genesis 13:10
6 ¶ For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. See also: Numbers 32:36 Isaiah 19:5-7 Joel 1:10-12 Numbers 32:3 Joshua 13:27
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. See also: Jeremiah 48:36 Psalms 137:1-2 Isaiah 5:29 Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 10:14
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. See also: Isaiah 15:2-5 Jeremiah 48:20-24 Jeremiah 48:31-34 Ezekiel 47:10
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. See also: 2 Kings 17:25 Leviticus 26:18 Leviticus 26:21-22 Leviticus 26:24 Leviticus 26:28