| 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. |
|
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
