15Moab has been destroyed
and its towns have been invaded;
the best of its young men
have gone down in the slaughter,
declares the King,
whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
16Moab’s calamity is at hand,
and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
17Mourn for him, all you who surround him,
everyone who knows his name;
tell how the mighty scepter is shattered —
the glorious staff!
— Jeremiah 48:15-17