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Chapter 16
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1
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Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela
to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of
Zion. |
2
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall
howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn;
surely they are stricken. |
8
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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
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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
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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
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Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab,
and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. |
12
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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
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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning
Moab since that time. |
14
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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. |
