Moab is threatened.

¹⁾Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

²⁾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.

³⁾Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

⁴⁾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.

⁵⁾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.

⁶⁾We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, for he is very proud; and his wrath: but, his lies, shalland notall behis soevil works.

⁷⁾Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every oneeveryone shall howl:; for the foundations of KirharesethKir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

⁸⁾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.

⁹⁾Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah:; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh:; for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

¹⁰⁾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.

¹¹⁾Wherefore my bowels shall sound like ana harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for KirhareshKir-haresh.

¹²⁾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.

¹³⁾This is the word that the LORDLord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

¹⁴⁾But now the LORDLord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of ana hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.