58 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
58 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 16
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1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
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from Sela, by way of the desert,
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to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
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2 Like fleeing birds,
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like a scattered nest,
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so are the daughters of Moab
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at the fords of the Arnon.
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3 “Give counsel;
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grant justice;
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make your shade like night
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at the height of noon;
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shelter the outcasts;
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do not reveal the fugitive;
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4 let the outcasts of Moab
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sojourn among you;
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be a shelter to them
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from the destroyer.
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When the oppressor is no more,
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and destruction has ceased,
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and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
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5 then a throne will be established in steadfast love,
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and on it will sit in faithfulness
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in the tent of David
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one who judges and seeks justice
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and is swift to do righteousness.”
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6 We have heard of the pride of Moab—
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how proud he is!—
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of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
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in his idle boasting he is not right.
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7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
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let everyone wail.
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Mourn, utterly stricken,
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for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
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8 For the fields of Heshbon languish,
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and the vine of Sibmah;
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the lords of the nations
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have struck down its branches,
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which reached to Jazer
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and strayed to the desert;
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its shoots spread abroad
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and passed over the sea.
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9 Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer
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for the vine of Sibmah;
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I drench you with my tears,
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O Heshbon and Elealeh;
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for over your summer fruit and your harvest
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the shout has ceased.
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10 And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field,
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and in the vineyards no songs are sung,
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no cheers are raised;
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no treader treads out wine in the presses;
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I have put an end to the shouting.
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11 Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
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and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.
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12 And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
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13 This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
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14 But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.” |