48 ¹¹ "Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has settled on his lees;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.

48 ¹² "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says Yahweh, when I shall send to him tilters who will tilt him, and empty his vessels, and break his jars in pieces. 48 ¹³ Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

48 ¹⁴ "How do you say, 'We are heroes
and mighty men of war?'
48 ¹⁵ The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
says the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.
48 ¹⁶ The calamity of Moab is near at hand
and his affliction hastens apace.
48 ¹⁷ Bemoan him, all you who are round about him,
and all who know his name;
say, 'How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.'

48 ¹⁸ "Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
48 ¹⁹ Stand by the way and watch,
O inhabitant of Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, 'What has happened?
48 ²⁰ Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
wail and cry!
Tell it by the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste.

48 ²¹ "Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath, 48 ²² and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 48 ²³ and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, 48 ²⁴ and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 48 ²⁵ The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.