1The massa (burden) of Moav:
Because in the lailah (night) Ar of Moav is destroyed,
and brought to silence;
because in the lailah Kir of Moav is destroyed,
and brought to silence;

2He is gone up to the [idol] temple, and to Divon,
the ³³high places, to weep:
Moav shall howl over Nevo, and over Medeva;
on all their rosh shall be shaved heads,
and every zakan (beard) cut off.

3In their chutzot (streets) they shall gird themselves with sackcloth;
on their rooftops, and in their rechovot (open areas),
every one shall wail, falling down with weeping.

4And Cheshbon shall cry, and Elealeh;
their voice shall be heard even unto Yahatz;
therefore the loins of Moav shall shake;
his nefesh shall be faint within him.

5My lev shall cry out for Moav;
his fugitives shall flee unto Tzoar,
and Eglat-Shelishiyah;
for by the Ascent of Luchit
with bekhi (weeping) shall they go up;
for on the Derech Choronayim
they shall raise up a lament because of destruction.

6For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up;
for the khatzir (grass) is withered away,
the desheh (vegetation) faileth,
yerek (green) there is none,

7Therefore the possessions they have gotten,
and that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away to the Nakhal HaAravim (Ravine of Willows).

8For the cry is gone
all around the borders of Moav;
the outcry thereof unto Eglayim,
and the wailing thereof unto Be'er Elim.

9For the waters of Dimon shall be full of dahm;
for I will bring more upon Dimon,
aryeh (lion) upon him that escapeth of Moav,
and upon she'erit adamah (the remnant of the land).