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26 “Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord; so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision. 27 Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?

28 “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
    O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove that nests
    in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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26 “Make her drunk,(A)
    for she has defied(B) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(C)
    let her be an object of ridicule.(D)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(E)
    Was she caught among thieves,(F)
that you shake your head(G) in scorn(H)
    whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(I) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.(J)

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