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Isaiah 16 1Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the
wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2For it shall
be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the
daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon. 3Give counsel,
execute justice; make your shade as the night in the midst of the
noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive. 4Let mine
outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be you a covert to him from the
face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought,
destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one
shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking
justice, and swift to do righteousness. 6We have heard of the
pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his
pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought. 7Therefore shall
Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of
Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken. 8For the fields of
Heshbon languish, [and] the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations
have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto
Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread
abroad, they passed over the sea. 9Therefore I will weep with the
weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my
tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon your summer fruits and upon thy
harvest the [battle] shout is fallen. 10And gladness is taken
away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there
shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out
wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease. 11Wherefore my heare soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts
for Kir-heres. 12And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth
himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come
to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail. 13This is
the word that YHWH spake concerning Moab in time past. 14But
now YHWH hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a
hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all
his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no
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