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:

29. ‘viper’: rendered by many ‘basilisk.’ Cf. xi. 8.1. Or, ‘surely in a night’

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.