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1Send lambs[#2 Kings 3.4; 14.7; Isa 10.32]
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, by way of the desert,
to the mount of daughter Zion.
2Like fluttering birds,[#Num 21.13, 14]
like scattered nestlings,
so are the daughters of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
3“Give counsel;[#Isa 25.4]
grant justice;
make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
hide the outcasts;
do not betray the fugitive;
4let the outcasts of Moab[#Isa 9.4; 54.14]
settle among you;
be a refuge to them
from the destroyer.”
When the oppressor is no more,
and destruction has ceased,
and marauders have vanished from the land,
5then a throne shall be established in steadfast love[#Isa 9.7; Dan 7.14; Mic 4.7; Lk 1.33]
in the tent of David,
and on it shall sit in faithfulness
a ruler who seeks justice
and is swift to do what is right.
6We have heard of the pride of Moab[#Jer 48.29, 30; Zeph 2.8, 10]
—how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
his boasts are false.
7Therefore let Moab wail;[#2 Kings 3.25; 1 Chr 16.3; Jer 48.31]
let everyone wail for Moab.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
8For the fields of Heshbon languish,[#Num 32.38; Isa 15.4; Jer 48.32]
and the vines of Sibmah,
whose clusters once made drunk
the lords of the nations,
reached to Jazer
and strayed to the desert;
their shoots once spread abroad
and crossed over the sea.
9Therefore I weep as Jazer weeps[#Isa 15.4; Jer 40.10, 12; 48.32]
for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh,
for the shout over your fruit harvest
and your grain harvest has ceased.
10Joy and gladness are taken away[#Job 24.11; Isa 24.7, 8; Jer 48.33]
from the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no exultation is heard;
no shouts are raised;
no treader treads out wine in the presses;
the vintage shout is hushed.
11Therefore my heart moans like a harp for Moab[#Isa 15.5; 63.15; Jer 48.36]
and my very soul for Kir-heres.
12When Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.[#1 Kings 18.29; 2 Kings 19.12; Isa 15.2; Jer 48.35]
13This was the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
14But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”[#Isa 21.16; 25.10]