1: Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are
stricken. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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11: Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and
mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. |
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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. |