and behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair; and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.

everyone judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother; and one will say,

The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also; sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined; they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

And I will go throughout the land of Egypt in that night, and I will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.

And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord. So they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and He plagued them, and He struck them in their secret parts, [both in] Azotus and her coasts.

Thus Says the Lord concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo! For it has perished. Kirjathaim is taken; Amath and Agath are put to shame.

for [there is] a voice of [men] crying out of Horonaim, destruction and great ruin.

for Aloth is filled with weeping; one shall go up weeping by the way of Horonaim; you have heard a cry of destruction.

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.

Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be hit with a plague, and all her cities shall become desolate; where [shall there be] an inhabitant for her?

Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out [his liquor] from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.

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

Moab is ruined, [even] his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter.

Shake [the head] at him, all you that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name. Say, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence!

Stand by the way, and look, you that dwell in Aroer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?

And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Chelon, and Rephas, and Mophas,

and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth Gamul, and upon Beth Meon,

The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed.

Proclaim among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not. Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Merodach is delivered up.

And I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her.

[This translation omits this verse.]

Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven [images;] and slain men shall fall in all her land.

For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made, [in order] to worship vanities and bats;

they will set them up that they may not move.