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1 The 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;
2 He is gone up to the [idol] temple, and to Divon,
the* high 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.
3 In 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.
4 And 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.
5 My 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.
6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be dried up;
for the khatzir (grass) is withered away,
the desheh (vegetation) faileth,
yerek (green) there is none,
7 Therefore the possessions they have gotten,
and that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away to the Nakhal HaAravim (Ravine of Willows).
8 For the cry is gone
all around the borders of Moav;
the outcry thereof unto Eglayim,
and the wailing thereof unto Be'er Elim.
9 For 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).
* 15:2 idolatrous