Unexpected ruin shall fall upon the Moabites: 5. Whereof the Prophet hath compassion.Vnexpected ruine shal fal vpon the Moabites: 5. Wherof the Prophet hath compassion.✦
The burden of Moab. Because Ar-Moab was wasted in the night, he hath held his peace: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, he hath held his peace.THE burden of Moab. Because Ar-Moab was wasted in the night, he hath held his peace : because the wal of Moab is destroyed in the night, he hath held his peace.✦Onus Moab. Quia nocte vastata est Ar Moab, conticuit ; quia nocte vastatus est murus Moab, conticuit.
2The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn upon Nabo, and upon Medaba shall Moab howl: on all the heads thereof baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.The house is gone vp, & Dibon to the high places to moorne vpon Nabo, and vpon Medaba shal Moab howle : on al the heades therof baldnes, and euerie beard shal be shauen.✦Ascendit domus, et Dibon ad excelsa, in planctum super Nabo ; et super Medaba, Moab ululavit ; in cunctis capitibus ejus calvitium, et omnis barba radetur.
3In the highways thereof they are girded with sackcloth: upon the roofs thereof, and in the streets thereof all howling, goeth down to weep.In the high wayes therof they are girded with sackcloth : vpon the roofes therof, and in the streates therof al howling, goeth downe to weepe.In triviis ejus accincti sunt sacco ; super tecta ejus et in plateis ejus omnis ululatus descendit in fletum.
4Hesebon shall cry, and Elealé, their voice is heard even to Iasa. For this shall the well expediti: equipped and armed for war of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to himself.Hesebon shal crie, & Elealé, their voice is heard euen to Iasa. For this shal the wel appoynted of Moab howle, his soule shal howle to himself.✦Clamabit Hesebon et Eleale, usque Jasa audita est vox eorum ; super hoc expediti Moab ululabunt, anima ejus ululabit sibi.
5My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof unto Segor an heifer astonishing: for by the ascent of Luith he shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of contrition.My hart shal crie to Moab, the barres therof vnto Segor an heifer astonishing : for by the ascent of Luith he shal goe vp weeping: & in the way of Oronaim they shal lift vp a crie of contrition.✦Cor meum ad Moab clamabit ; vectes ejus usque ad Segor, vitulam conternantem ; per ascensum enim Luith flens ascendet, et in via Oronaim clamorem contritionis levabunt.
6For the waters of Nemrim shall be made desolate, because the grass is withered, the spring is faded, all greenness is perished.For the waters of Nemrim shal be made desolate, because the grasse is withered, the spring is faded, al grennes is perished.✦Aquæ enim Nemrim desertæ erunt, quia aruit herba, defecit germen, viror omnis interiit.
7According to the greatness of the work, is also their visitatio: their reckoning, God's coming in judgment: they shall lead them to the torrent of willows.According to the greatnes of the worke, is also their visitation: they shal lead them to the torrent of willowes.✦Secundum magnitudinem operis, et visitatio eorum : ad torrentem Salicum ducent eos.
8Because the cry shall go round about the border of Moab: unto Gallim the howling thereof, and unto the Pit-Elim the cry thereof.Because the crie shal goe round about the border of Moab : vnto Gallim the howling therof, and vnto the Pit-Elim the crie therof.Quoniam circuivit clamor terminum Moab ; usque ad Gallim ululatus ejus, et usque ad puteum Elim clamor ejus.
9Because the waters of Dibon are repletæ: refilled; filled full with blood: for I will put additions upon Dibon: the lion for them that shall flee of Moab, and for the remnant of the land.Because the waters of Dibon are replenished with bloud : for I wil put additions vpon Dibon : the lion for them that shal flee of Moab, and for the remmant of the land.✦Quia aquæ Dibon repletæ sunt sanguine ; ponam enim super Dibon additamenta ; his qui fugerint de Moab leonem, et reliquiis terræ.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.