16 <poetry>Send lambs as tribute <indent>to the ruler of the land,</indent> from Sela, across the desert, <indent>to the mount of Daughter Zion. </indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>Like fluttering birds <indent>pushed from the nest, </indent> so are the women of Moab <indent>at the fords of the Arnon. </indent><poetry></poetry> 3 <poetry>“Make up your mind,” Moab says. <indent>“Render a decision.</indent> Make your shadow like night— <indent>at high noon.</indent> Hide the fugitives, <indent>do not betray the refugees.</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; <indent>be their shelter from the destroyer.”</indent><poetry>The oppressor will come to an end, <indent>and destruction will cease; </indent> <indent>the aggressor will vanish from the land.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>In love a throne will be established; <indent>in faithfulness a man will sit on it—</indent> <indent>one from the house of David —</indent> one who in judging seeks justice <indent>and speeds the cause of righteousness.</indent><poetry></poetry> 6 <poetry>We have heard of Moab’s pride — <indent>how great is her arrogance!—</indent> of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; <indent>but her boasts are empty.</indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>Therefore the Moabites wail, <indent>they wail together for Moab.</indent> Lament and grieve <indent>for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>The fields of Heshbon wither, <indent>the vines of Sibmah also.</indent> The rulers of the nations <indent>have trampled down the choicest vines, </indent> which once reached Jazer <indent>and spread toward the desert.</indent> Their shoots spread out <indent>and went as far as the sea. </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>So I weep, as Jazer weeps, <indent>for the vines of Sibmah.</indent> Heshbon and Elealeh, <indent>I drench you with tears! </indent> The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit <indent>and over your harvests have been stilled.</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; <indent>no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;</indent> no one treads out wine at the presses, <indent>for I have put an end to the shouting.</indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>My heart laments for Moab like a harp, <indent>my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.</indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>When Moab appears at her high place, <indent>she only wears herself out;</indent> when she goes to her shrine to pray, <indent>it is to no avail. </indent></poetry> 13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”

Send lambs<cr>1</cr> as tribute<cr>2</cr> <indent>to the ruler of the land,</indent> from Sela,<cr>3</cr> across the desert, <indent>to the mount of Daughter Zion.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 16:1

Like fluttering birds <indent>pushed from the nest,<cr>1</cr> </indent> so are the women of Moab<cr>2</cr> <indent>at the fords<cr>3</cr> of the Arnon.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 16:2

“Make up your mind,” Moab says. <indent>“Render a decision.</indent> Make your shadow like night— <indent>at high noon.</indent> Hide the fugitives,<cr>1</cr> <indent>do not betray the refugees.</indent>

Isaiah 16:3

Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; <indent>be their shelter<cr>1</cr> from the destroyer.”</indent><pb/><poetry>The oppressor<cr>2</cr> will come to an end, <indent>and destruction will cease;<cr>3</cr> </indent> <indent>the aggressor will vanish from the land.</indent>

Isaiah 16:4

In love a throne<cr>1</cr> will be established;<cr>2</cr> <indent>in faithfulness a man will sit on it—</indent> <indent>one from the house<ft>1</ft> of David<cr>3</cr> —</indent> one who in judging seeks justice<cr>4</cr> <indent>and speeds the cause of righteousness.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 16:5

We have heard of Moab’s<cr>1</cr> pride<cr>2</cr> — <indent>how great is her arrogance!—</indent> of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; <indent>but her boasts are empty.</indent>

Isaiah 16:6

Therefore the Moabites wail,<cr>1</cr> <indent>they wail together for Moab.</indent> Lament and grieve <indent>for the raisin cakes<cr>2</cr> of Kir Hareseth.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 16:7

The fields of Heshbon<cr>1</cr> wither,<cr>2</cr> <indent>the vines of Sibmah<cr>3</cr> also.</indent> The rulers of the nations <indent>have trampled down the choicest vines,<cr>4</cr> </indent> which once reached Jazer<cr>5</cr> <indent>and spread toward the desert.</indent> Their shoots spread out<cr>6</cr> <indent>and went as far as the sea.<ft>1</ft><cr>7</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 16:8

So I weep,<cr>1</cr> as Jazer weeps, <indent>for the vines of Sibmah.</indent> Heshbon and Elealeh,<cr>2</cr> <indent>I drench you with tears!<cr>3</cr> </indent> The shouts of joy<cr>4</cr> over your ripened fruit <indent>and over your harvests<cr>5</cr> have been stilled.</indent>

Isaiah 16:9

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;<cr>1</cr> <indent>no one sings or shouts<cr>2</cr> in the vineyards;</indent> no one treads<cr>3</cr> out wine at the presses,<cr>4</cr> <indent>for I have put an end to the shouting.</indent>

Isaiah 16:10

My heart laments for Moab<cr>1</cr> like a harp,<cr>2</cr> <indent>my inmost being<cr>3</cr> for Kir Hareseth.</indent>

Isaiah 16:11

When Moab appears at her high place,<cr>1</cr> <indent>she only wears herself out;</indent> when she goes to her shrine<cr>2</cr> to pray, <indent>it is to no avail.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Isaiah 16:12

This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab.

Isaiah 16:13

But now the Lord says: “Within three years,<cr>1</cr> as a servant bound by contract<cr>2</cr> would count them,<cr>3</cr> Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,<cr>4</cr> and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”<cr>5</cr>

Isaiah 16:14

 1 Send lambs   as tribute   to the ruler of the land, from Sela,   across the desert, to the mount of Daughter Zion.    2 Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest,   so are the women of Moab   at the fords   of the Arnon.    3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says. “Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives,   do not betray the refugees.  4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter   from the destroyer.” The oppressor   will come to an end, and destruction will cease;   the aggressor will vanish from the land.  5 In love a throne   will be established;   in faithfulness a man will sit on it— one from the house  of David  — one who in judging seeks justice   and speeds the cause of righteousness.  6 We have heard of Moab’s   pride  — how great is her arrogance!— of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty.  7 Therefore the Moabites wail,   they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes   of Kir Hareseth.    8 The fields of Heshbon   wither,   the vines of Sibmah   also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines,   which once reached Jazer   and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out   and went as far as the sea.     9 So I weep,   as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. Heshbon and Elealeh,   I drench you with tears!   The shouts of joy   over your ripened fruit and over your harvests   have been stilled.  10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;   no one sings or shouts   in the vineyards; no one treads   out wine at the presses,   for I have put an end to the shouting.  11 My heart laments for Moab   like a harp,   my inmost being   for Kir Hareseth.  12 When Moab appears at her high place,   she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine   to pray, it is to no avail.   13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,   as a servant bound by contract   would count them,   Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,   and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”  

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