Woe to you may be rendered “How terrible for you!” See 4.13.

The people of Chemosh is undone: As discussed at verse 7, Chemosh was a Moabite god, and the Moabite people were often called the people of Chemosh. Hence Good News Translation has “The people who worshiped Chemosh.” The expression, is undone, can be rendered “are destroyed” or “are lost.”

Sons … daughters: This may be better understood as “men and women” (Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch).

In languages that would not use passives here, translators can say in this verse, for example:

• People of Moab, how terrible for you! The enemy has destroyed you who worshiped Chemosh, and carried away as prisoners your sons and your daughter [or, your men and your women].

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .