| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! | 1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! |
| 2Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut 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 the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with 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 all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint. | 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. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their 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 waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left. | 6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more. |
| 7So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars. | 7So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. |
| 8Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation 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 waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring still more upon Dimon -- a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and 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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