‘For the cry is gone round the borders of Moab,
Its howling to Eglaim, and its howling to Beer-elim.
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood,
For I will bring yet more on Dimon,
A lion on him who escapes of Moab,
And on the remnant of the land.'
The whole of the border area with its different cities is filled with weeping people as they stream to the border for what they hope will be safety. Dimon may be a local variant of Dibon (Dibon is read by the Isaiah scroll Qa at Qumran). There is to be no let up. The waters of Dimon will flow with blood, and more and more so as the advance continues.
‘I will bring yet more on Dimon.' God allows the Assyrian action to build up. He does not prevent it. He does not intervene in world affairs. He allows them to follow a direction based on the way He has made the world. Thus in that sense it is seen as God's action. The ‘lion' represents lion-like soldiers, eager for the prey. They will attack the fleeing refugees and those who have remained to fight a rearguard action.