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CHAPTER 16.
SEND forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the
desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.
2 And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing
away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab
be in the passage of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as
the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander
about.
4 My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab, be thou a
covert to them from the face of the destroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch
is consumed: he hath failed, that trod the earth under foot.
5 And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one
shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking
judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding
proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his
strength.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall
howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.
8 For the suburbs of Hesebon are desolate, and the
lords of the nations have destroyed the vineyard of Sabama: the branches
thereof have reached even to Jazer: they have wandered in the wilderness, the
branches thereof are left, they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I will lament with the weeping of Jazer the
vineyard of Sabama: I will water thee with my tears, O Hesebon, and Eleale: for
the voice of the treaders hath rushed in upon thy vintage, and upon thy
harvest.
10 And gladness and joy shall be taken away from
Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards. He shall
not tread out wine in the press that was wont to tread it out: the voice of the
treaders I have taken away.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for
Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab
is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray,
and shall not prevail.
13 This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from
that time:
14 And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In three
years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away for
all the multitude of the people, and it shall be left small and feeble, not
many.
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