| International Standard Version | Berean Standard Bible |
| 1A message concerning Moab: "For Ir in Moab is destroyed in a night, and Moab is ruined! Because Ir in Moab is destroyed in a single night, Moab is ruined! | 1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! |
| 2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off. | 2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. |
| 3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping. | 3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. |
| 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the loins of Moab cry aloud; its heart quakes for itself. | 4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within. |
| 5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction. | 5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. |
| 6The Nimrim waters are desolate; the grass is withered, its vegetation gone; there is no foliage left. | 6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. |
| 7Therefore the wealth they have acquired and what they have stored up— they carry them away over the Arab Wadi. | 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. |
| 8For the cry has gone out along the border of Moab; her wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, her wailing reaches as far as Beer-elim. | 8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. |
| 9The Dibon streams are full of blood; but I will bring upon Dibon even more— a lion will pounce upon those of Moab who escape, upon those who remain in the land." | 9The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land. |
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