44 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
44 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
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###### 1
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Send the _tribute_ lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
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###### 2
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Then, like fleeing birds _or_ scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
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###### 3
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"Bring _us_ counsel, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.
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###### 4
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Let the banished of Moab sojourn 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.
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###### 5
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And a throne will be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in truth in the tent of David; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness.
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###### 6
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We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; _Even_ of his lofty pride, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false.
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###### 7
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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.
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###### 8
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For the fields of Heshbon have languished, 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.
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###### 9
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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.
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###### 10
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Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful orchard; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or shouts of jubilation, No treader treads out wine in the presses, _For_ I have made the shouting to cease.
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###### 11
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Therefore my inner being moans like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
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###### 12
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So it will be when Moab appears, When he wearies himself upon _his_ high place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail.
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###### 13
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This is the word which Yahweh spoke earlier concerning Moab.
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###### 14
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But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be dishonored along with all _his_ great population, and _his_ remnant will be very small _and_ not mighty."
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