Grieve for yourselves; for even Dibon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed; there shall you go up to weep, over Nebo of the land of Moab; howl; baldness shall be on every head, [and] all arms [shall be] wounded.

Lord, in affliction I remembered You; Your chastening was to us with small affliction.

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to the cities of streets.

And it was morning; and Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and showed him from there the extent of the people.

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which He shall show me, I will report to you. And Balak stood by his sacrifice.

I will point to Him, but not now; I bless Him, but He draws not near: a Star shall arise out of Jacob, a Man shall spring forth out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.

For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

And I will destroy Moab, says the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

And while he was worshipping Nisroch his country's god in the house, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia; and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Then Solomon built a high place to Chemosh the idol of Moab, and to their king the idol of the children of Ammon.

And he took his eldest son whom he had designed to reign in his place, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering on the walls. And there was a great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land.

Since you have trusted in your stronghold, therefore you shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together.

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their hope, having trusted in them.

[This translation omits this verse.]

You are wearied in your counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver you, let them that see the stars tell you what is about to come upon you.

Have any of the gods of the [other] nations delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed: Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear: open Your eyes and see, O Lord; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.

But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever He has pleased.

They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see;

they have hands, but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot speak through their throat.

they will set them up that they may not move.