² Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(A)
so are the women of Moab^(B)
    at the fords^(C) of the Arnon.^(D)

³ “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(E)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴ Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(F) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor^(G) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;^(H)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.