The sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">In their streets they wear sackcloth;p> <p class="poetry">on their roofs and in their town squaresp> <p class="poetry">all of them wail,p> <p class="poetry">they fall down weeping.p>

<p class="poetry">So Moab wails over its demise<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they all wail!p> <p class="poetry">Completely devastated, they moanp> <p class="poetry">about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In a year&#8217;s time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you carefree ones will shake with fear,p> <p class="poetry">for the grape<n id="2" /> harvest will fail,p> <p class="poetry">and the fruit harvest will not arrive.p>

<p class="poetry">You have heard; now look at all the evidence!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you not admit that what I say is true?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">From this point on I am announcing to you new eventsp> <p class="poetry">that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the waters of Nimrim are gone;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the grass is dried up,p> <p class="poetry">the vegetation has disappeared,p> <p class="poetry">and there are no plants.p>

<p class="poetry">Please let the Moabite fugitives live<n id="1" /> among you.p> <p class="poetry">Hide them<n id="2" /> from the destroyer!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="3" /> the one who applies pressure will cease,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer will come to an end,p> <p class="poetry">those who trample will disappear<n id="5" /> from the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">This is what will happen throughout<n id="1" /> the earth,p> <p class="poetry">among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">It will be like when they beat an olive tree,p> <p class="poetry">and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So now, do not mock,p> <p class="poetry">or your chains will become heavier!p> <p class="poetry">For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,p> <p class="poetry">from the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, against the entire land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">As a young man marries a young woman,p> <p class="poetry">so your sons<n id="1" /> will marry you.p> <p class="poetry">As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride,p> <p class="poetry">so your God will rejoice over you.p>