ASV_Strong : Isaiah 16
1. Send[H7971] ye the lambs[H3733] for the ruler[H4910] of the land[H776] from Selah[H5554] to the wilderness[H4057], unto the mount[H2022] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726].
2. For it shall be that[H5074], as wandering birds[H5775], as a scattered[H7971] nest[H7064], so shall the daughters[H1323] of Moab[H4124] be at the fords[H4569] of the Arnon[H769].
3. Give counsel[H6098], execute[H6213] justice[H6415]; make[H7896] thy shade[H6738] as the night[H3915] in the midst[H8432] of the noonday[H6672]; hide[H5641] the outcasts[H5080]; betray not the fugitive[H5074].
4. Let mine outcasts[H5080] dwell[H1481] with thee[H4124]; as for Moab, be[H1933] thou a covert[H5643] to him from the face[H6440] of the destroyer[H7703]. For the extortioner[H4160] is brought to nought[H656], destruction[H7701] ceaseth[H3615], the oppressors[H7429] are consumed[H8552] out of the land[H776].
5. And a throne[H3678] shall be established[H3559] in lovingkindness[H2617]; and one shall sit[H3427] thereon in truth[H571], in the tent[H168] of David[H1732], judging[H8199], and seeking[H1875] justice[H4941], and swift[H4106] to do righteousness[H6664].
6. We have heard[H8085] of the pride[H1347] of Moab[H4124], that he is very[H3966] proud[H1341]; even of his arrogancy[H1346], and his pride[H1347], and his wrath[H5678]; his boastings are nought[H907].
7. Therefore shall Moab[H4124] wail[H3213] for Moab[H4124], every one shall wail[H3213]: for the raisin-cakes[H808] of Kir-hareseth[H7025] shall ye mourn[H1897], utterly stricken[H5218].
8. For the fields[H7709] of Heshbon[H2809] languish[H535], and the vine[H1612] of Sibmah[H7643]; the lords[H1167] of the nations[H1471] have broken down[H1986] the choice branches[H8291] thereof[H5060], which reached even unto Jazer[H3270], which wandered[H8582] into the wilderness[H4057]; its shoots[H7976] were spread abroad[H5203], they passed over[H5674] the sea[H3220].
9. Therefore I will weep[H1058] with the weeping[H1065] of Jazer[H3270] for the vine[H1612] of Sibmah[H7643]; I will water[H7301] thee with my tears[H1832], O Heshbon[H2809], and Elealeh[H500]: for upon thy summer fruits[H7019] and upon thy harvest[H7105] the battle shout[H1959] is fallen[H5307].
10. And gladness[H8057] is taken away[H622], and joy[H1524] out of the fruitful field[H3759]; and in the vineyards[H3754] there shall be no singing[H7442], neither joyful noise[H7321]: no treader[H1869] shall tread out[H1869] wine[H3196] in the presses[H3342]; I have made the vintage shout[H1959] to cease[H7673].
11. Wherefore my heart[H4578] soundeth[H1993] like a harp[H3658] for Moab[H4124], and mine inward parts[H7130] for Kir-heres[H7025].
12. And it shall come to pass[H4124], when Moab presenteth[H7200] himself[H3811], when he wearieth himself upon the high place[H1116], and shall come[H935] to his sanctuary[H4720] to pray[H6419], that he shall not prevail[H3201].
13. This is the word[H1697] that Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] concerning Moab[H4124] in time past[H227].
14. But now Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken[H1696], saying[H559], Within three[H7969] years[H8141], as the years[H8141] of a hireling[H7916], the glory[H3519] of Moab[H4124] shall be brought into contempt[H7034], with all his great[H7227] multitude[H1995]; and the remnant[H7605] shall be very[H4592] small[H4213] and of no account[H3808].
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