The Hebrew Prophets

Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision--even he.

And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.

Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,

I--I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and it is not right, His devices--not right they have done.

Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab--all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,

With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.

And removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting is no shouting!

Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third year , For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.

Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins--sackcloth.

On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it-- is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

And Moab hath been destroyed from being a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.

Fear, and a snare, and a gin, are for thee, O inhabitant of Moab--an affirmation of Jehovah,

Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her--unto Moab--The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.

Woe to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.

And I have turned back to the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto is the judgment of Moab.

Concerning the sons of Ammon: `Thus said Jehovah: Sons--hath Israel none? heir--hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities have dwelt?

Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sounded unto Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle, And it hath been for a heap--a desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its heirs, Said hath Jehovah.