"Moabis broken,Her littleoneshave soundedout a cry[of distress].
In them the kinggrantedthe Jewswhowere in eachand everycity[the right] to assembleand to defendtheir lives,to destroy,to killand to annihilatethe entirearmyof any peopleor provincewhich might attackthem, includingchildrenand women,and to plundertheir spoil,
How blessedwill be the one whoseizesand dashesyour littleonesAgainstthe rock.
But let that manbe like the citiesWhichthe LORDoverthrewwithoutrelenting,And let him hearan outcryin the morningAnd a shoutof alarmat noon;
"The soundof an outcryfrom Horonaim,'Devastationand greatdestruction!'
"For by the ascentof LuhithThey will ascendwith continualweeping;For at the descentof HoronaimThey have heardthe anguishedcryof destruction.
