28 In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden.
29 Rejoice not, Philistia, all. of thee, that the rod which smote thee is broken: for out of the ’s root shall come forth a viper, and its fruit a flying fiery serpent.
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in security; and I will kill-thy root with. famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31 Howl, gate; cry, city; melt away, Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 And what shall one answer the messengers of a nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his ’e take refuge.
XV. 1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, is destroyed; for in a night Kit- of Moab is laid waste, is destroyed:
2 He is gone up to the house, and Dibon, the high places, to weep; Moab howleth upon Nebo, and upon Medeba; on all his heads (is) baldness, every beard cut off.
3 In his streets they are girded with sackcloth; on her roofs and in her broad places all of her howleth, running down with weeping.
4 And Heshbon crieth, and Elealeh; their voiCe is heard unto Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry out; his soul trembleth within him.
5 My heart crieth out for Moab; her bars reach unto Zoar; a heifer of three years old: for the ascent of Luhith, with weeping doth he go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim are desolations; the grass is withered, the herbage is consumed, there is no green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and their treasure, shall they carry away over the brook of willows.
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of ’ Moab; her howling (hath reached) unto Eglaim, and to Beer-elim her howling.
9 For ’waters of Dimon are full of blood; forI will bring more upon Dimon, a lion for the escaped of Moab, and for the remnant of the land.