Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.

They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.

Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

So Moab wails over its demise – they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth.

For they flee from the swords – from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.

It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.

Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.