An Oracle concerning Moab An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar is laid waste in a night Moab is undone; because Kir is laid waste in a night Moab is undone.
The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Med′eba Moab wails. On every head is baldness, every beard is shorn;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Grieve for yourselves; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed: thither shall ye go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab: howl ye: baldness shall be on every head, and all arms shall be wounded.
My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zo′ar, to Eg′lath-shelish′iyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horona′im they raise a cry of destruction;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.
For the waters of Dibon are full of blood; yet I will bring upon Dibon even more, a lion for those of Moab who escape, for the remnant of the land.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood: for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama.