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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,
and his wrath:
but
his lies
shall
not
be
so.
7
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall
howl: for the foundations of Kir-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 an
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-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 L
ORD
hath spoken
concerning Moab since that time.
14
But now the L
ORD
hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as
the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude;
and the remnant
shall be
very small
and
feeble.
CHAPTER 17
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from
being
a city, and it shall be a
ruinous heap.
2
The cities of Aroer
are
forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and
none shall make
them
afraid.
3
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the
L
ORD
of hosts.
4
And in that day it shall come to pass,
that
the glory of Jacob shall be made thin,
and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the
corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of
Rephaim.
6
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two
or
three berries in
the top of the uppermost bough, four
or
five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the L
ORD
God of Israel.
7
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the
Holy One of Israel.
8
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect
that
which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
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