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Isaiah 16

Prophecy of Moab's Devastation

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 aSend the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, From  1 bSela by way of the wilderness to the  cmountain of the daughter of Zion.

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Then, like  1 afleeing birds or scattered  2nestlings, The daughters of  bMoab will be at the fords of the  cArnon.

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1Give us advice, make a decision;  2Cast your  ashadow like night  3at high noon;  bHide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

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"Let the  1outcasts 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,  aOppressors have completely disappeared from the land.

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A  athrone will even be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of  bDavid; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness.

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 aWe have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;  bHis idle boasts are  1false.

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Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the  araisin cakes of  bKir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken.

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For the fields of  aHeshbon have  1withered, the vines of  bSibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;  cIts tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

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Therefore I will  aweep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O  bHeshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your  csummer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.

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 aGladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the  bvineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No  ctreader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease.

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Therefore my  1 aheart intones like a harp for Moab And my  2inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.

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So it will come about when Moab  apresents himself, When he  bwearies himself upon his  chigh place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.

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This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.

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But now the LORD speaks, saying, "Within three years, as  1 aa hired man would count them, the glory of  bMoab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and  2impotent."



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