48:36. Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of the brick wall: because he hath done more than he could, therefore they have perished.
48:37. For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.
48:38. Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.
48:39. How is it overthrown, and they have howled! How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is confounded! And Moab shall be a derision, and an example to all round about him.
48:40. Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.
48:41. Carioth is taken, and the strongholds are won: and the heart of the valiant men of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.
48:42. And Moab shall cease to be a people: because he hath gloried against the Lord.
48:43. Fear, and the pit, and the snare come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Fear.... That is, the sword of the enemy. The pit.... That is, unforeseen calamities. The snare.... That is, the ambushes laid by the enemy.
48:44. He that shall flee from the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall get up out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.