1 Froma I.e. Petra in EdomSela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. | |
2 Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, | |
2 Then, likeb Or flutteringfleeing birds or scatteredc Lit nestnestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon. | |
3 “d Lit BringGive us advice, make a decision;
e Lit SetCast your shadow like nightf Lit in the midst of the noonat high noon;
Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive. | |
4 “Let theg So the versions; M.T. My outcasts, as for Moaboutcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land. | |
5 A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness. | |
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
His idle boasts areh Lit not sofalse. | |
7 Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken. | |
8 For the fields of Heshbon havei Or languishedwithered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea. | |
9 Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away. | |
10 Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease. | |
11 Therefore myj Lit entrails murmurheart intones like a harp for Moab
And myk Lit inward partinward feelings for Kir-hareseth. | |
12 So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail. | |
13 This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab. 14 But now the LORD speaks, saying, “Within three years, asl Lit the years of a hirelinga hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small andm Lit not mightyimpotent.” | |
