48:38 On all the housetops in Moab
and in all its public squares
there will be nothing but mourning.
For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar.
I, the Lord, affirm it! 1
48:39 Oh, how shattered Moab will be!
Oh, how her people will wail!
Oh, how she will turn away 2 in shame!
Moab will become an object of ridicule,
a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”
1 tn Heb “Oracle of the
2 tn Heb “turn her back.”