16 Send lambs from Sela as tribute to the mountain of beautiful Zion. 2 The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River. 3 “Help us,” they cry. Do not betray us now that we have escaped. 4 Let our refugees stay among you. and enemy raiders have disappeared, 5 then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king. and be eager to do what is right. 6 We have heard about proud Moab— But all that boasting has disappeared. 7 The entire land of Moab weeps. They are all gone now. 8 The farms of Heshbon are abandoned; that they crossed over the Dead Sea. 9 So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah; over your summer fruits and harvest. 10 Gone now is the gladness, I have ended all their harvest joys. 11 My heart’s cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp. I am filled with anguish for Kir-hareseth. 12 The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines, but no one will be able to save them. 13 The LORD has already said these things about Moab in the past. 14 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.”