<p class="poetry">All of its soldiers are strong and mighty.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Their arrows will send you to your grave.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The nations will hear of your devastating defeat.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth.p> <p class="poetry">In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over anotherp> <p class="poetry">and both of them will fall down defeated.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How can you men of Moab say, &#8216;We are heroes,p> <p class="poetry">men who are mighty in battle?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Destructive forces will come against her false prophets;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will be shown to be fools!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Destructive forces will come against her soldiers;p> <p class="poetry">they will be filled with terror!<n id="3" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Wise people should not boast that they are wise.p> <p class="poetry">Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Rich people should not boast that they are rich.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why should you be like someone who is helpless,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a champion<n id="2" /> who cannot save anyone?p> <p class="poetry">You are indeed with us,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and we belong to you.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not abandon us!&#8221;p>

When the king and all his bodyguards<n id="1" /> and officials heard what he was prophesying,<n id="2" /> the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.<n id="3" />

You show unfailing love to thousands.<n id="1" /> But you also punish children for the sins of their parents.<n id="2" /> You are the great and powerful God who is known as the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">What do I see?&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The soldiers<n id="3" /> are terrified.p> <p class="poetry">They are retreating.p> <p class="poetry">They have been defeated.p> <p class="poetry">They are overcome with terror;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they desert quicklyp> <p class="poetry">without looking back.p>

<p class="poetry">But even the swiftest cannot get away.p> <p class="poetry">Even the strongest cannot escape.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">There in the north by the Euphrates Riverp> <p class="poetry">they stumble and fall in defeat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Go ahead and<n id="1" /> charge into battle, you horsemen!p> <p class="poetry">Drive furiously, you charioteers!p> <p class="poetry">Let the soldiers march out into battle,p> <p class="poetry">those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields,p> <p class="poetry">and those from Lydia<n id="2" /> who are armed with the bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Her towns<n id="1" /> will be captured.p> <p class="poetry">Her fortresses will be taken.p> <p class="poetry">At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightenedp> <p class="poetry">like a woman in labor.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings,p> <p class="poetry">a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah.p> <p class="poetry">At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearfulp> <p class="poetry">as a woman in labor.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting.p> <p class="poetry">They will remain in their fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">They will lose their strength to do battle.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be as frightened as women.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The houses in her cities will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The gates of her cities will be broken down.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For a destroyer is attacking Babylon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Her warriors will be captured;p> <p class="poetry">their bows will be broken.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is a God who punishes;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he pays back in full.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will make her officials and wise men drunk,p> <p class="poetry">along with her governors, leaders,<n id="1" /> and warriors.p> <p class="poetry">They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the King whose name is the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me.p> <p class="poetry">They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed.p> <p class="poetry">Their disgrace will never be forgotten.p>

<p class="poetry">For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylonp> <p class="poetry">a host of mighty nations<n id="1" /> from the land of the north.p> <p class="poetry">They will set up their battle lines against her.p> <p class="poetry">They will come from the north and capture her.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">who does not return from the battle empty-handed.<n id="4" />p>