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Chapter 16 |
| 1 | Send ye the
lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of
the daughter of Zion. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 |
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night
in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that
wandereth. |
| 4
| 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
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6 | 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. |
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7 | Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall
howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are
stricken. |
| 8
| 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. |
| 9 | 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. |
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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. |
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13 | This is the word that the LORD hath
spoken concerning Moab since that time. |
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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. |
