He makes rulers unimportant and the judges of this world worth nothing.
He leads priests away naked and destroys the powerful.
He brings disgrace on important people and takes away the weapons of the strong.
He showed he was displeased with their leaders and made them wander in a pathless desert.
God breaks the spirits of great leaders; the kings on earth fear him.
Proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will still be praised.
The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned when he will punish the proud and those who brag, and they will no longer be important.
It was the Lord All-Powerful who planned this. He decided to make these proud people unimportant; he decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.
The important people will have no one left to rule them; the leaders will all be gone.
How terrible it will be for people who think they are wise and believe they are clever.
So I will bring an end to the king of Moab, and I will kill all its leaders with him,” says the Lord.