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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.
A Prophecy of Moab's Devastation
Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, -- unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, -- unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
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.
And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
“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.
Bring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive.
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.
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster. For the extortioner is at an end, the wasting hath ceased, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.
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.
We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, -- [he is] very proud, -- of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.
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.
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants: they reached unto Jaazer, they wandered [through] the wilderness; its shoots stretched out, they went beyond the sea.
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.
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
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.
And joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry [of the winepress] to cease.
My heart laments for Moab like a harp,
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.
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.
And it shall come to pass, when Moab shall appear, shall weary himself on the high place, and enter into his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.
This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab.
This is the word which Jehovah hath spoken from of old concerning Moab.
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.”
And now Jehovah speaketh saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired servant, and the glory of Moab shall be brought to nothing, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be small, few, of no account.