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Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation
Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Send lambs as tribute
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.
Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
“Give us advice, make a decision;
Cast your shadow like night at high noon;
Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
Cast your shadow like night at high noon;
Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
“Make up your mind,” Moab says.
“Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night —
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,
do not betray the refugees.
“Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night —
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,
do not betray the refugees.
“Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter from the destroyer.”
The oppressor will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
be their shelter from the destroyer.”
The oppressor will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.
We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts are false.
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts are false.
We have heard of Moab’s pride —
how great is her arrogance! —
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
how great is her arrogance! —
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
Therefore the Moabites wail,
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
So I weep, as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,
I drench you with tears!
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests have been stilled.
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,
I drench you with tears!
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests have been stilled.
Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;
no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;
no one treads out wine at the presses,
for I have put an end to the shouting.
no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;
no one treads out wine at the presses,
for I have put an end to the shouting.
Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab
And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
My heart laments for Moab like a harp,
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.
When he wearies himself upon his high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.
When Moab appears at her high place,
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine to pray,
it is to no avail.
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine to pray,
it is to no avail.
This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab.
But now the LORD speaks, saying, “Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent.”
But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”