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ISAIAH
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- The howling thereof unto Eglaim,
- And the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
- 9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;
- For I will bring yet more upon Dimon,
- A lion upon him that escapeth of Moab,
- And upon the remnant of the land.
- 16Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land
- From the crags that are toward 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 Arnon.
- 3'Give counsel, execute justice;
- Make thy shadow 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 thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.'
- For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth,
- They that trampled down are consumed out of the land;
- 5And a throne is established through mercy,
- And there sitteth thereon in truth, in the tent of David,
- One that judgeth, and seeketh justice, and is ready in righteousness.
- 6We have heard of the pride of Moab;
- He is very proud;
- Even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy,
- His ill-founded boastings.
- 7Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab,
- Every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn,
- Sorely stricken.
- 8For the fields of Heshbon languish,
- And the vine of Sibmah,
- Whose choice plants did overcome
- The lords of nations;
- They reached even unto Jazer,
- They wandered into the wilderness;
- Her branches 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 thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest
- The battle shout is fallen.
- 10And gladness and joy are taken away
- Out of the fruitful field;
- And in the vineyards there shall be no singing,
- Neither shall there be shouting;
- No treader shall tread out wine in the presses;
- I have made the vintage shout to cease.
- 11Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab,
- And mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied himself upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail
13This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in time past. 14But now the Lord hath spoken, saying: 'Within three years, as the
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