Bemoan him, all you who are round about him, and all who know his name; say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.’
The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!
Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff of my fury!
that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.
How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are round about him.”