Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

Now the Lord makes this announcement: “Within exactly three years Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.”