Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

My heart shall sound for Moab - (notes, ; ).

Like pipes - a plaintive instrument, therefore used at funerals and in general mourning.

The riches that he hath gotten are perished - literally, the abundance ... that which is over and above the necessaries of life [superabundance, yitrat]. Grotius translates, 'They who have been left remaining shall perish;' they who have not been slain by the enemy shall perish by disease and famine.

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