2  He has gone up to the temple,¹ and to ⁱDibon,

to the high places² to weep;

over ^jNebo and over ⁱMedeba

Moab ^kwails.

On every head is ^lbaldness;

every beard is shorn;

3  in the streets they wear sackcloth;

on the housetops and in the squares

everyone wails and melts in tears.

10  The elders of the daughter of Zion

ⁿsit on the ground ^oin silence;

^pthey have thrown dust on their heads

and ^qput on sackcloth;

the young women of Jerusalem

have bowed their heads to the ground.