16. The calamity of Moab is near at hand,and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17. Grieve for him, all you who are around him,and all who know his name;say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,the glorious staff.’
18. “Come down from your glory,and sit on the parched ground,O inhabitant of Dibon!For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;he has destroyed your strongholds.