48:31 So I will weep with sorrow for Moab.
I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab.
I will moan 1 for the people of Kir Heres.
48:39 Oh, how shattered Moab will be!
Oh, how her people will wail!
Oh, how she will turn away 2 in shame!
Moab will become an object of ridicule,
a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”
1 tc The translation is based on the emendation of the Hebrew third masculine singular (יֶהְגֶּה, yehggeh) to the first singular (אֶהְגֶּה, ’ehgeh). This emendation is assumed by almost all of the modern English versions and commentaries even though the textual evidence for it is weak (only one Hebrew
2 tn Heb “turn her back.”