1Send[H7971] ye the lamb[H3733] to the ruler[H4910] of the land[H776] from Sela[H5554] to the wilderness[H4057], unto the mount[H2022] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726].
2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering[H5074]bird[H5775] cast out[H7971] of the nest[H7064], so the daughters[H1323] of Moab[H4124] shall be at the fords[H4569] of Arnon[H769].
3Take[H935]counsel[H6098], execute[H6213]judgment[H6415]; make[H7896] thy shadow[H6738] as the night[H3915] in the midst[H8432] of the noonday[H6672]; hide[H5641] the outcasts[H5080]; bewray[H1540] not him that wandereth[H5074].
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Let mine outcasts[H5080]dwell[H1481] with thee, Moab[H4124]; be[H1933] thou a covert[H5643] to them from the face[H6440] of the spoiler[H7703]: for the extortioner[H4160] is at an end[H656], the spoiler[H7701]ceaseth[H3615], the oppressors[H7429] are consumed[H8552] out of the land[H776].
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And in mercy[H2617] shall the throne[H3678] be established[H3559]: and he shall sit[H3427] upon it in truth[H571] in the tabernacle[H168] of David[H1732], judging[H8199], and seeking[H1875]judgment[H4941], and hasting[H4106]righteousness[H6664].
6
We have heard[H8085] of the pride[H1347] of Moab[H4124]; he is very[H3966]proud[H1341]: even of his haughtiness[H1346], and his pride[H1347], and his wrath[H5678]: but his lies[H907] shall not be so.
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Therefore shall Moab[H4124]howl[H3213] for Moab[H4124], every one shall howl[H3213]: for the foundations[H808] of Kirhareseth[H7025] shall ye mourn[H1897]; surely they are stricken[H5218].
8
For the fields[H7709] of Heshbon[H2809]languish[H535], and the vine[H1612] of Sibmah[H7643]: the lords[H1167] of the heathen[H1471] have broken down[H1986] the principal plants[H8291] thereof, they are come[H5060] even unto Jazer[H3270], they wandered[H8582] through the wilderness[H4057]: her branches[H7976] are stretched out[H5203], they are gone over[H5674] the sea[H3220].
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Therefore I will bewail[H1058] with the weeping[H1065] of Jazer[H3270] the vine[H1612] of Sibmah[H7643]: I will water[H7301] thee with my tears[H1832], O Heshbon[H2809], and Elealeh[H500]: for the shouting[H1959] for thy summer fruits[H7019] and for thy harvest[H7105] is fallen[H5307].
10
And gladness[H8057] is taken away[H622], and joy[H1524]out[H1869] of the plentiful field[H3759]; and in the vineyards[H3754] there shall be no singing[H7442], neither shall there be shouting[H7321]: the treaders[H1869] shall tread out[H1869] no wine[H3196] in their presses[H3342]; I have made their vintage shouting[H1959] to cease[H7673].
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Wherefore my bowels[H4578] shall sound[H1993] like an harp[H3658] for Moab[H4124], and mine inward parts[H7130] for Kirharesh[H7025].
12
And it shall come[H935] to pass, when it is seen[H7200] that Moab[H4124] is weary[H3811] on the high place[H1116], that he shall come[H935] to his sanctuary[H4720] to pray[H6419]; but he shall not prevail[H3201].
13
This is the word[H1697] that the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] concerning Moab[H4124] since that time[H227].
14
But now the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696], saying[H559], Within three[H7969]years[H8141], as the years[H8141] of an hireling[H7916], and the glory[H3519] of Moab[H4124] shall be contemned[H7034], with all that great[H7227]multitude[H1995]; and the remnant[H7605] shall be very[H4592]small[H4213] and feeble[H3808].