| New Living Translation | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed. | 1An oracle against Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. |
| 2Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards. | 2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is cut off. |
| 3They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing. | 3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping. |
| 4The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear. | 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble. |
| 5My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim. | 5My heart cries out over Moab, whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; they go up the slope of Luhith weeping; they raise a cry of destruction on the road to Horonaim. |
| 6Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched. The tender plants are gone; nothing green remains. | 6The waters of Nimrim are desolate; the grass is withered, the foliage is gone, and the vegetation has vanished. |
| 7The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows. | 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Wadi of the Willows. |
| 8A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim. | 8For their cry echoes throughout the territory of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; their wailing reaches Beer-elim. |
| 9The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with Dibon! Lions will hunt down the survivors— both those who try to escape and those who remain behind. | 9The waters of Dibon are full of blood, but I will bring on Dibon even more than this-- a lion for those who escape from Moab, and for the survivors in the land. |
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