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mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart
from off their shoulders.
26
This
is
the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this
is
the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27
For the L
ORD
of hosts hath purposed, and who
shall disannul
it?
and his hand
is
stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28
In the year that king
Ahaz died was this burden.
29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out
of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit
shall be
a fiery flying serpent.
30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy
root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina,
art
dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none
shall be
alone in his appointed
times.
32
What shall
one
then answer the messengers of the nation? That the L
ORD
hath founded
Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
CHAPTER 15
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste,
and
brought to silence; because
in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste,
and
brought to silence;
2
He is gone up to Bajith, and to
Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads
shall be
baldness,
and
every beard cut off.
3
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth:
on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4
And
Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard
even
unto Jahaz: therefore the armed
soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5
My heart shall cry out for
Moab; his fugitives
shall flee
unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of
Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of
destruction.
6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass
faileth, there is no green thing.
7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they
have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8
For the cry is gone round about
the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
9
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him
that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
CHAPTER 16
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
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