5
Then a new loyal king will come; this faithful king will be from the family of David. He will judge fairly and do what is right.
6
We have heard that the people of Moab are proud and very conceited. They are very proud and angry, but their bragging means nothing.
7
So the people of Moab will cry; they will all be sad. They will moan and groan for the raisin cakes they had in Kir Hareseth.
8
But the fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah cannot grow grapes; foreign rulers have destroyed the grapevines. The grapevines once spread as far as the city of Jazer and into the desert; they had spread as far as the sea.
9
I cry with the people of Jazer for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will cry with the people of Heshbon and Elealeh. There will be no shouts of joy, because there will be no harvest or ripe fruit.