“There is praise for Mo’aḇ
“If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares יהוה, “then the seed of Yisra’ĕ
But now יהוה has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the esteem of Mo’aḇ
And the children of Re’uḇ
“Howl, O Ḥ
“Those who fled stood powerless under the shadow of Ḥ
“And Mo’aḇ
“Lament for him, all you who are around him. And all you who know his name, say, ‘How the strong sceptre has been broken, the staff of splendour!’
“Do not fear, O Yaʽ
“Have you not observed what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two clans which יהוה has chosen have been rejected by Him’? So they have despised My people, no more to be a nation before them.
I then took the cup from the hand of יהוה, and made all the nations drink, to whom יהוה had sent me,
For thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕ
For the hand of יהוה rests on this mountain, and Mo’aḇ
My own heart is toward Mo’aḇ
The message concerning Mo’aḇ
‘And I shall break Ě
