Isaiah 16
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every
one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-har'eseth shall ye mourn;
surely they are stricken.
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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.
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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 Ele-a'leh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and
for thy harvest is fallen.
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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.
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Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-ha'resh.
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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.
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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that
time.
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But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling,
and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great
multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
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