“‘On all the housetops
Of Moab,
In the squares,
There is nothing
But lamentation.
I have broken Moab
Like a vessel
That no one wants.’
Says Yahweh.
How it is broken!
How they wail!
How Moab
Has turned his back
In shame!
So Moab has become
A derision,
A horror,
To all his neighbors.”
There is nothing but lamentations in Moab, whether on the housetops or in the town squares. Yahweh has broken Moab like a broken jar. The Moabites have turned their backs in shame. They have become a derision and horror to all their neighbors.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 