Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: "Waheb in Suphah, The brooks of the Arnon,

Now when Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which [is] on the border at the Arnon, the boundary of the territory.

" ' Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess [it,] and engage him in battle.

'And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon [was] the border of Moab.

For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; [So] shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.