Send ye the lamb to
the ruler of the land from Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of
Zion.
02 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird
cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab
shall be at the fords of Arnon.
03 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy
shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday;
hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
04 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be
thou a covert to them from the face of the
spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out
of the land.
05 And in mercy shall the throne be established:
and he shall sit upon it in truth in the
tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking
judgment, and hasting righteousness.
06 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very
proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride,
and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
07 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one
shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth
shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
08 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the
vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have
broken down the principal plants thereof, they
are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through
the wilderness: her branches are stretched out,
they are gone over the sea.
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09 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of
Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with
my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the
shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy
harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the
plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall
be no singing, neither shall there be shouting:
the treaders shall tread out no wine in their
presses; I have made their vintage shouting to
cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp
for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen
that Moab is weary on the high place, that he
shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall
not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken
concerning Moab since that time.
14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within
three years, as the years of an hireling, and the
glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that
great multitude; and the remnant shall be very
small and feeble.
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