1Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,
for it will be devastated.
Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced;
the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
2There is no longer praise for Moab;
in Heshbon they devise evil against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’
You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3A voice cries out from Horonaim:
‘Devastation and great destruction!’
4Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
5For on the ascent to Luhith
they weep bitterly as they go,
and on the descent to Horonaim
cries of distress resound
over the destruction:
— Jeremiah 48:1-5