Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.

I will let the cities that defend the border of Moab be attacked, including even the finest cities---Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

As surely as I am the living LORD, the God of Israel, I swear that Moab and Ammon are going to be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. They will become a place of salt pits and everlasting ruin, overgrown with weeds. Those of my people who survive will plunder them and take their land."

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

From the territory of Reuben they received four cities: Bezer, Jahaz,

Kedemoth, and Mephaath, with their pasture lands.

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.