No one will ever brag about Moab again, for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her.‘ Come,’ they say,‘ we will cut her off from being a nation.’ The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced; the sword will follow you there.

摩押不再被称赞。有人在希实本设计谋害他，说：‘来吧！我们将他剪除，不再成国。’玛得缅哪，你也必默默无声；刀剑必追赶你。

摩押不再被称赞。有人在希实本设计谋害它：“来吧！我们将它剪除，使它不再成国。”玛得缅哪，你也必静默无声；刀剑必追赶你。

摩押不再被称赞。有人在希实本设计谋害它：“来吧！我们将它剪除，使它不再成国。”玛得缅哪，你也必静默无声；刀剑必追赶你。

摩押不再受称赞，敌人在希实本图谋害她，说，‘来吧！我们铲除这个国家。’玛得缅啊，你也将被敌人追杀，变得死寂无声。

摩押不再被人称赞；敌人在希实本计谋害它，说：‘来吧！我们要把它剪除，使它不再成国！’玛得缅哪！你也要静默无声；刀剑必追赶你。

摩押不再被稱讚。有人在希實本設計謀害她，說：來吧！我們將她剪除，不再成國。瑪得緬哪，你也必默默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。

摩押不再被稱讚。有人在希實本設計謀害它：「來吧！我們將它剪除，使它不再成國。」瑪得緬哪，你也必靜默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。

摩押不再被稱讚。有人在希實本設計謀害它：「來吧！我們將它剪除，使它不再成國。」瑪得緬哪，你也必靜默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。

摩押不再受稱讚，敵人在希實本圖謀害她，說，『來吧！我們剷除這個國家。』瑪得緬啊，你也將被敵人追殺，變得死寂無聲。

摩押不再被人稱讚；敵人在希實本計謀害它，說：‘來吧！我們要把它剪除，使它不再成國！’瑪得緬哪！你也要靜默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。

摩押不再被稱讚了；有人在希實本設計謀害她，說：「來，我們將她剪除，使她不再成國！」瑪得緬哪，你也要默默無聲！刀劍必追趕你。

摩押不復得譽、在希實本、有人謀害之曰、其來滅之、俾不復為國、瑪得緬歟、爾亦將荒寂、鋒刃必追襲爾也、

摩押不被榮光在希實本有謀害之者、欲滅其國、末面傾圮、鋒刃隨其後。

摩押榮華歸於無有、人在希實本、設謀以害之曰、當往絕之、使不復成國、瑪得緬歟、爾亦傾滅、鋒刃追襲爾後、

Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon people will plot her downfall:‘ Come, let us put an end to that nation.’ You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

Moab will not be praised anymore. In Heshbon people will plan its fall from power. They will say,‘ Come. Let’s put an end to that nation.’ City of Madmen, you too will be silent. My sword will hunt you down.

the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her:‘ Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.

There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood. Also, Madmen, you will be silenced; the sword will follow you.

There is no longer praise for Moab; In Heshbon they have devised disaster against her:‘ Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’ You too, Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow you.

No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her:‘ Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.’ You also shall be cut down, O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you;

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.

There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood. Also, Madmen, you will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

[ There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from[ being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying,‘ Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her:‘ Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’ You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you.

But now the Lord says,“ Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.”

“ I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”

The descendants of Reuben built the towns of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

“ Come,” they say,“ let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”Yes, this was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you—these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre.Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude

You friends of Moab, weep for him and cry! See how the strong scepter is broken, how the beautiful staff is shattered!

The farms of Heshbon are abandoned; the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted. The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab— that beautiful grapevine. Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer and trailed eastward into the wilderness. Its shoots reached so far west that they crossed over the Dead Sea.So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah; my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh. There are no more shouts of joy over your summer fruits and harvest.

For the Lord’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem. But Moab will be crushed. It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot.

My 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.

Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, for I am with you,” says the Lord.“ I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

“ Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘ The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me:“ Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:“ Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored.A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba.”

This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed.

So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it— every nation to which the Lord sent me.

“ The people flee as far as Heshbon but are unable to go on. For a fire comes from Heshbon, King Sihon’s ancient home, to devour the entire land with all its rebellious people.

Moab will no longer be a nation, for it has boasted against the Lord.

Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said,“ There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live.If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.The king said,“ The money and the people are both yours to do with as you see fit.”So on April 17 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king’s highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring.Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews— young and old, including women and children— must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year. The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that they would be ready to do their duty on the appointed day.

“ Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.“ I will put an end to Moab,” says the Lord,“ for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods.

“ Cry out, O Heshbon, for the town of Ai is destroyed. Weep, O people of Rabbah! Put on your clothes of mourning. Weep and wail, hiding in the hedges, for your god Molech, with his priests and officials, will be hauled off to distant lands.