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Send lambs from Sela as tribute
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful 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.
The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.
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.
“Help us,” they cry.
“Defend us against our enemies.
Protect us from their relentless attack.
Do not betray us now that we have escaped.
“Defend us against our enemies.
Protect us from their relentless attack.
Do not betray us now that we have escaped.
“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 our refugees stay among you.
Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.”
When oppression and destruction have ended
and enemy raiders have disappeared,
Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.”
When oppression and destruction have ended
and enemy raiders have disappeared,
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.
then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king.
He will rule with mercy and truth.
He will always do what is just
and be eager to do what is right.
He will rule with mercy and truth.
He will always do what is just
and be eager to do what is right.
We have heard about proud Moab —
about its pride and arrogance and rage.
But all that boasting has disappeared.
about its pride and arrogance and rage.
But all that boasting has disappeared.
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.
The entire land of Moab weeps.
Yes, everyone in Moab mourns
for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.
They are all gone now.
Yes, everyone in Moab mourns
for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.
They are all gone now.
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.
The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab —
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.a
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab —
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.a
So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.
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.
Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.
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.
My heart laments for Moab like a harp,
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,
but it will do them no good.
They will cry to the gods in their temples,
but no one will be able to save them.
but it will do them no good.
They will cry to the gods in their temples,
but no one will be able to save them.
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.
The LORD has already said these things about Moab in the past.
This is the word the Lord has already spoken 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.”