"On allthe housetopsof Moaband in its streetsthereis lamentationeverywhere;for I have brokenMoablike an undesirablevessel,"declaresthe LORD.
You shall breakthem with a rodof iron,You shall shatterthem like earthenware.'"
In their streetsthey have girdedthemselves with sackcloth;On their housetopsand in their squaresEveryoneis wailing,dissolvedin tears.
The oracleconcerning the valleyof vision.Whatis the matter with you now,that you have allgoneup to the housetops?
Whose collapseis like the smashingof a potter'sjar,So ruthlesslyshatteredThat a sherdwill not be foundamong its piecesTo takefirefrom a hearthOr to scoopwaterfrom a cistern."
"Then you are to breakthe jarin the sightof the menwho accompanyyou
and sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Justsowill I breakthispeopleand thiscity,evenas one breaksa potter'svessel,whichcannotagainbe repaired;and they will buryin Tophethbecausethereis no[other] placefor burial.
"Is thismanConiaha despised,shatteredjar?Oris he an undesirablevessel?Whyhave he and his descendantsbeen hurledout And castinto a landthat they had not known?
"Wail,you shepherds,and cry;And wallow[in ashes], you mastersof the flock;For the daysof your slaughterand your dispersionshave come,And you will falllike a choicevessel.
Israelis swallowedup; They are nowamong the nationsLike a vesselin which noonedelights.
"WhatI tellyou in the darkness,speakin the light;and whatyou hear[whispered] in [your] ear,proclaimupon the housetops.
AND HE SHALL RULETHEM WITH A RODOF IRON,AS THE VESSELSOF THE POTTERARE BROKEN TO PIECES,as I alsohave received[authority] from My Father;
