¹⁸ “Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(A)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(B)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(C)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.^(D)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰ Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail^(E) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon^(F)
    that Moab is destroyed.
²¹ Judgment has come to the plateau^(G)—
    to Holon,^(H) Jahzah^(I) and Mephaath,^(J)
22     to Dibon,^(K) Nebo^(L) and Beth Diblathaim,
²³     to Kiriathaim,^(M) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,^(N)
24     to Kerioth^(O) and Bozrah^(P)—
    to all the towns^(Q) of Moab, far and near.

“Has Israel no sons?
    Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek^[a](B) taken possession of Gad?^(C)
    Why do his people live in its towns?